Continuing with the Wednesday reblog series brings us to my most recent (though it was back in 2023) United Business Class premium transcontinental flight. It seemed like a good time to highlight this report because United has just announced that its premium transcontinental routes will now be classified as Polaris and allow access to PolarisContinue reading “Wednesday reblog: United Transcontinental Business Class”
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Wednesday Reblog: Egyptair A321 Business Class
I’m trying out something new this week! I’m planning to do some ranking lists of airlines that I’ve flown since the blog started, so I’m reblogging some old flights to help bring them back to recent memory for those lists! Please enjoy this trip report of Egyptair’s narrow body business class from 2023. I wouldContinue reading “Wednesday Reblog: Egyptair A321 Business Class”
British Airways Economy Class Eastbound Transatlantic Daytime Flight (January 2026 EuroTrip)
Bottom-line up front British Airways’ day-time flights eastbound across the Atlantic offer a convenient way to travel to London without “losing a night” to travel in exchange for losing the day instead. If you struggle to sleep on a plane, this type of flight is worth considering. The exit row seats on this aircraft typeContinue reading “British Airways Economy Class Eastbound Transatlantic Daytime Flight (January 2026 EuroTrip)”
2025 retrospective: with data visualizations!
Now that I’ve wrapped up the 2025 flights, it’s time to do the retrospective! So now, it’s time to take a look back through the year. I use a webapp, BA97.com, to capture all my flights, some of which don’t actually make it onto the blog. In general, these are short flights in economy (suchContinue reading “2025 retrospective: with data visualizations!”
Another 2025 transcontinental journey on Delta Airlines but without DeltaOne
To the surprise of no one, my last big trip of the year is a multi-week trip to the East Coast! In this case, I’ll actually be flying Delta back once again. I had expected to fly Alaska Airlines like last year on the direct flight to DC from SF, but that flight was, asContinue reading “Another 2025 transcontinental journey on Delta Airlines but without DeltaOne”
2025 home stretch: JFK-SFO with a free upgrade to DeltaOne!
We’ve almost reached the end of the 2025 flights. We’ve only got 3 more to do, and, interestingly, they’re all Delta flights. I’m not sure exactly how that happened, but they were three separate trips where Delta flights made the most sense (especially in the context of me still having Delta Platinum status). In November,Continue reading “2025 home stretch: JFK-SFO with a free upgrade to DeltaOne!”
2025’s big trip: India! Part 5: MAA-LHR
After a week in India, it was time to return to Europe. I don’t generally leave reviews of hotels or destinations, and this time is no different. The summary of my trip is that I really enjoyed visiting the granite temples of Mahabalipuram and really did not like the Somerset Greenways Chennai. The Leela PalaceContinue reading “2025’s big trip: India! Part 5: MAA-LHR”
Interrupting 2025’s India trip again to add in another flight: LAX-SFO
While getting working on the review for the return flight from India, I actually came across a second flight that I had missed from earlier this year. This flight is from back in July (and was, in fact, the only flight I took in either July or August). I had driven down to LA withContinue reading “Interrupting 2025’s India trip again to add in another flight: LAX-SFO”
2025’s big trip: India! Part 4: LHR-MAA
After an overnight layover in London, it was time to continue the journey to India! Because of the way the upgrade voucher works, the previous leg from Belfast was free, and this flight was simply a continuation of that ticket. I spent the night at the off-site Sheraton that is a short bus/uber ride away. Continue reading “2025’s big trip: India! Part 4: LHR-MAA”
2025’s big trip: India! Part 3: BHD-LHR
This next flight is the beginning of my ticket to India: Belfast to London. You’ll notice that I had previously flown into Dublin. I didn’t actually spend any time in Dublin but rather immediately got on a bus to Belfast. Had I booked the same Dublin-San Francisco-Dublin ticket starting instead in Belfast, it would’ve costContinue reading “2025’s big trip: India! Part 3: BHD-LHR”
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