Trip Report: Los Angeles to Honolulu in United Polaris Aloha! After three long years, we finally made it back to the 50th state. It was a special trip since this was supposed to be my now two-and-a-half-year-old’s first flight… Johnny Jet , March 12, 2022
United Airlines Introduces New Feature to Help Travelers Skip Long Check-In Lines As I wrote in yesterday’s tip, one way to avoid the long Starbucks airport line is to download their app. Here’s that story. Well, airline and airport executives are starting… Johnny Jet , March 4, 2022
How To Speed Through LAX Security Without Paying Extra There’s no doubt we’re going to see an uptick in travelers at TSA security checkpoints starting November 8 when the United States opens up to much of the world. It’s… Johnny Jet , October 23, 2021
How I Saved $280 After Booking United Flights To Hawaii After reading a promising story in the New York Times that said, “an unvaccinated child is at less risk of serious Covid illness than a vaccinated 70-year-old,” I think my… Johnny Jet , October 15, 2021
Travel Photo of the Day: United Plane Tips With Half of USC Football Team On It I don’t think I’ve ever seen a plane tip like this before. Have you? A former pro golfer and now a golf commentator, Dave Stockton Jr (@DSJR1) posted the photo… Johnny Jet , September 19, 2021
United Airlines Adding Supersonic Jets When I read United Airlines’ press release this morning, I had to double check the date just to make sure it wasn’t April 1. The news? United Airlines just ordered… Johnny Jet , June 3, 2021
United Sweepstakes Gives 5 Customers a Shot to Win a Year of Free Flights For Two Updated (July 29, 2021): United Airlines today announced the five lucky grand prize winners of its “Your Shot to Fly” sweepstakes, who will each get to fly anywhere in the world… Johnny Jet , May 24, 2021
United Adds Three New Routes to Countries Reopening to Vaccinated Travelers One of the biggest trends in the travel industry to emerge from the pandemic is that airlines are significantly switching up their usual flight routes and schedules. Most of the… Johnny Jet , April 19, 2021
Is United Airlines Out of Their Minds? UPDATE: It was a glitch! Thank goodness. From United “We had a temporary issue impacting prices shown on the baggage calculator. This didn’t impact the actual price customers were charged,… Johnny Jet , April 8, 2021
United Airlines Engine Debris Drops From Sky on Flight 328 From Denver to Honolulu Thanks to social media and cell phone video, there’s incredible footage of the United Airlines engine that dropped from the sky on flight 328 From Denver to Honolulu earlier today…. Johnny Jet , February 20, 2021
United Airlines Is Returning to JFK In 2016, United Airlines decided to move their New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) flights to somewhat nearby Newark (EWR). I was bummed because I used to fly… Johnny Jet , November 12, 2020
Airlines That Are Offering COVID-19 Testing I believe that one of the only ways the travel industry will get back (or at least close) to pre-pandemic levels is if everyone wears a mask and if widespread,… Johnny Jet , October 12, 2020
United Airlines Offering Rapid COVID-19 Tests For SFO to Hawaii Flights Great news for anyone planning on going to Hawaii when it opens up without a mandatory 14-day quarantine as long as you get a COVID-19 test that produces a negative… Johnny Jet , September 24, 2020
United, Delta and American Permanently Getting Rid of Change Fees United Airlines Permanently Getting Rid of Change Fees First, United announced yesterday that they’re permanently getting rid of change fees for standard and premium tickets (not Basic Economy). They also… Johnny Jet , August 31, 2020
Here’s the Latest Face Mask Policy for Each of the 4 Biggest U.S. Airlines Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian made the television rounds yesterday (here’s his interview from TODAY) to get the message out that if you’re concerned about flying during COVID-19, there’s… Johnny Jet , July 23, 2020