The World According to Pat

For a review of Lufthansa's Business Class from FRA - CDG please visit; http://patstravelreviews.com/?p=40

For a review of Delta's Economy Comfort for 757, 737 and MD88 please visit; http://patstravelreviews.com/?p=140 For an update and further review of  Delta's Economy Comfort (and exit row seating) on A319, A320, and CRJ 700 & 900's please visit; http://patstravelreviews.com/?p=361

Please see review for United's Global First at; http://patstravelreviews.com/?p=85

As of today (Sept. 1st) it is possible to book flights on some upcoming domestic routes United will be using the 787 Dreamliner on. They will fly the 787 from IAH to their other hubs. I know they will fly between ORD and IAH starting Nov. 4th thru Dec. 3rd. and then again from Jan. 4th thru March 29th. They will also fly between IAH and SFO, EWR, DEN, IAD, and LAX. After these domestic runs they will use the 787 on International routes . I guess I need to be in Houston or Chicago in November! I just found this page on United's site with all flights and times the 787 will fly domestically; https://hub.united.com/en-us/News/Company-Operations/Pages/united-787-dreamliner-domestic-routes.aspx Here is another page on United's site with more information on the 787; https://hub.united.com/en-us/Videos/Company/Pages/787-Dreamliner.aspx For more information on United's 787 please visit; http://patstravelreviews.com/?p=79

I have decided to start my own travel review site. You can find more travel reviews and travel information at http://patstravelreviews.com/ See you there!!

I just received an e-mail from America Airlines promoting their new fleet. Seems being in bankruptcy hasn't stopped them from buying new planes. They will be (in December) the 1st US Carrier to fly the 777-300 and it will have all aisle access in their new Business Class. Much better than United's 2 middle seats in each row on their 777 (and downstairs on 747-400) Business Class. They are also currently adding 3 next generation 737-800 a month and starting in July 2013 will start flying  Airbus planes (319 & 321). All planes will have in-seat entertainment (First Class seats will have larger screens). On their Transcontinental routes (A321) they will have 3 classes of service (like United's). From the video http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/newplanes.jsp?anchorLocation=DirectURL&title=newplanes  it looks like what you used to think of American. One of the leading US airlines instead of what they have become lately. Looks very nice!! This mu...

I asked my sister the other day how to get my blog address to other relevant sites. She gave me some answer about non-profits (she works with non-profits) and might as well been speaking Portuguese with me because I didn't understand what she was saying. But, it did remind me of a great way to extend frequent flier miles that are about to expire and help out a Charity in the meantime.  Most US airlines frequent flier miles (Delta is an exception - their miles do not expire) expire after a certain amount of inactivity. United, US Air, American, Hawaiian, and Virgin America expire after 18 months of inactivity. Southwest and Alaska Airlines expire after 24 months of inactivity (and Jet Blue 12 months, but this does not apply to them as they do not extend miles without having their credit card or flying them). Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and Lufthansa expire after 36 months of inactivity. A year and a half goes quickly and for a lot of...