Video: What It’s Like to Go Through Flight Training As our own Spencer Marker has written, commercial airline pilots must go through a lengthy initial training process and later “complete yearly recurrent training in order to keep [their] skills… Johnny Jet , January 21, 2019
Travel Book of the Week: The United Airlines Cookbook You might think this is a joke because everyone rags on airplane food, but it’s for real and I like the boldness. United Airlines has just launched a cookbook featuring… Johnny Jet , January 7, 2019
Now at Newark Liberty: NYC Marathon-Inspired Food in United’s Terminal C The 2018 New York City Marathon is this Sunday, November 4. Inside the five boroughs, it’s no normal Sunday, especially for anyone living near the marathon route. And this year, United… Team Johnny Jet , November 2, 2018
What Airline Should You Fly When Traveling with a Surfboard? Surf’s up! If you hadn’t seen, on August 20, surfing became California’s official state sport. Since we have a lot of subscribers from California, I thought it would appropriate to… Johnny Jet , October 25, 2018
A Few Tips for Anyone Flying With a Pet Did you know that this month is National Service Dog Month? As you’re likely aware, there’s a lot of contention around the issue of people abusing airline service animal policies, to… Johnny Jet , September 19, 2018
Video: Big Metal Bird on United’s Island Hopper I’ve previously featured United’s Big Metal Bird web show but never a specific episode—until now. The “Island Hopper” episode is a five-minute history of—and what it’s like to fly on—United’s… Johnny Jet , August 1, 2018
An Afternoon in Reykjavik to Watch the World Cup I adore Iceland, have evangelized on its behalf for years, believe everyone of the necessary means should root around in its volcanic soil and tuck behind its waterfalls. You should… Ian Livingston , July 6, 2018
How to Eat at United’s Hidden Restaurant at EWR In case you had not yet heard, United is now operating an invitation-only restaurant in Newark Liberty International Airport’s (EWR) Terminal C. To dine at Classified, you must: be approved/invited,… Ian Livingston , June 28, 2018
Inside the New United Polaris Lounge at Newark Liberty On June 4 (next Monday), United Airlines will open its third United Polaris lounge, this one in Newark Liberty International (EWR)’s Terminal C. Today, JohnnyJet.com was among the media group… Ian Livingston , May 31, 2018
United’s Big Metal Bird Series Is Worth Checking Out I’ve flown United a handful of times in the last month and this week, I was smart enough to write down the homepage of the video series they’ve pitched before… Johnny Jet , May 15, 2018
The Lost Passport Miracle and Its Takeaways Today’s tip is inspired by a story sent in by a reader and friend—a story that doesn’t always have such a happy ending. From Laurie Armstrong G.: “When my husband first… Johnny Jet , March 19, 2018
Never, Ever Place a Live Animal in the Overhead Bin On Monday, a United passenger on a Houston-to-New York LGA flight named Maggie Gremminger (who goes by @MaggieGrem on Twitter) sent five tweets upon landing that went like this… I… Johnny Jet , March 14, 2018
(Expired) My United MileagePlus® Explorer Card Helped Me Save 7,500 United Airlines Miles This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet Editorial , March 12, 2018
What Is Basic Economy and Is It Worth It? This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Johnny Jet Editorial , February 5, 2018
Know Your Airline Policies When Your Flight Gets Delayed or Canceled From ever-shrinking seats to congested airports and flight delays, air travel today seems to come with unlimited potential for stress. However, in the case of delays, being an informed consumer… Caitlin Martin Marker , November 15, 2017