Today, JetBlue launched a quirky new marketing campaign, ‘Air on the Side of Humanity,’ to remind customers there is a better way to fly. The campaign documents the plight and perspective of the most overlooked fliers of all – pigeons. JetBlue says…
I was intrigued this week when I received an email about a JetBlue Mosaic Status Match and Challenge. You see, I made a decision recently that some frequent flyers would call crazy. I’m not going to go out of my…
Does the crash of Malaysian Airlines, MH370, change your mind about flying Malaysian Airlines? Or flying at all? Someone said to me today, I’m not flying on a 777 anytime soon. I thought, well, that’s somewhat impossible if you are…
In December I spent 3 weeks in Hawaii. It was an amazing trip and I would love to go back – if I could go for free. If you collect enough points and miles you can do just that. So…
I’ve just wrapped up a 28 day trip to Australia for business. I only took one medium sized suitcase and decided that I would do laundry. There were plenty of dry cleaning options, but I had a hard time finding…
I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Melbourne Australia on a few occasions. This trip, however, has been the longest trip to date. I’m spending 25 nights here in Melbourne and so I’ve had the opportunity to explore the city more…
Today I flew from Melbourne, Australia to Sydney, Australia on flight 444. It was my first trip with Qantas and all I could think was, wow, if they didn’t have personal iPads streaming entertainment for every single passenger onboard the…
Australia’s Great Ocean Road is a scenic road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the cities of Torquay and Allansford. Australia’s Great Ocean Road stretches for 151 miles and was built by soldiers between 1919 and 1932. The road is…
White Night Melbourne was held this past weekend (February 22nd) from 7pm to 7am. Yes, you read that right, 7pm to 7am. I had been forewarned that the streets would be closed and the city would be crazy, but I…
This week I flew Air China Business Class PEK to SYD with a short stop in Shanghai. I arrived at the Beijing Capital Airport and headed for the business class checkin at Terminal 3. The business class/first class checkin area is…
Last week I had the opportunity to fly United Airlines Business First EWR to PEK. I arrived early at the airport because the weather was bad. The previous day flights had been cancelled to many New York, New Jersey and…
International travelers allowed 72-hour visa-free transit through Beijing, Shanghai & Guangzhou One year ago China began allowing passengers from 45 countries transiting through Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou (Guangzhou was added August 1st 2013) to a third country can enjoy a 72-hour visa-free transit…
As I prepared to arrive in Sydney I recalled that the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Global Entry program had been expanded through a partnership with the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service’s SmartGate e-Passport program. What is Global…
By VGP Blogger, Rachel B Many airlines are adding additional flights to ship Super Bowl XLVIII fans into Newark from Denver and Seattle, the home cities of the Broncos and Seahawks. United is adding 15 extra flights to its hub…
As I was finalizing some reservations tonight, I realized that I will be staying in 3 different W Hotels on 3 different continents in a period of 4 days. I’m pretty sure I’ve never done that before. It made me…
As I scan different websites, magazines and newspapers I find some interesting tid-bits about travel. Several Airlines and Airports had interesting news to share over the last few weeks. In case you missed it…. Pittsburgh International Airport is installing two…