All Major U.S. Airlines Have Now Made Masks Optional Earlier today, a federal judge in Florida ruled that the federal mask mandate on public transportation including planes, trains and buses is “unlawful.” News and misinformation are spreading faster than … Johnny Jet , April 18, 2022
If This Weekend’s Airline Meltdown in Florida Was Because of Weather, Then Why Didn’t United Cancel More Flights? By now, I’m sure you’ve seen all the headlines about multiple airlines canceling over 3,500 flights and delaying thousands more over the weekend. According to FlightAware, the biggest U.S. airline… Johnny Jet , April 5, 2022
Which Hawaii Flight Should I Book? My family and I just returned from Hawaii (below are my trip reports) so not surprisingly, I’m getting a lot of questions from readers who are planning their own Hawaiian… Johnny Jet , March 18, 2022
Florida Man Gets Kicked Off United Flight for Wearing a Thong as a Mask There’s a video on Twitter with the caption: “Florida man banned from United Airlines for wearing a thong as a mask ???.” According to FOX Business, the man was Adam… Johnny Jet , December 17, 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
Avoid SFO Between These Times I received an email yesterday from United Airlines stating that they’re offering a travel waiver for SFO runway construction. Their waiver applies to tickets issued April 24 – May 21…. Johnny Jet , April 25, 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
How to Request or Match Elite Status on US Airlines Happy Friday! We used to send out a reader tip every Friday but since not many people are traveling right now, we haven’t received a whole lot of tips from… Johnny Jet , December 17, 2020
A Passenger On My Flight Refused To Wear a Mask Image courtesy of United Airlines I feel for flight attendants for so many reasons right now, not the least of which is for having to deal with passengers who refuse… Terry Ward , December 11, 2020
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
American and Delta Follow United in Eliminating Change Fees But This is Why American’s Policy Is Better My head is spinning over here but in a good way! Yesterday, I wrote about the incredible, huge travel news that United Airlines was dropping those pesky and ridiculous $200… Johnny Jet , September 1, 2020