It’s time to wander back to the wacky world of the British Railway network, with Passenger Focus releasing it’s latest customer satisfaction survey. And if you’re a Rail company, you won’t care really with the results as you’ve got an iron cast grip... Read more

Congratulations to Phil, the winner of yesterday’s oneworld MegaDo Giveaway!   Yesterday I asked readers whether or not they pay attention to the inflight safety video. I confessed that I don’t pay attention even thought I know that I should. Phil said that he pays... Read more

It’s easy to get spoiled and think of business class as being very “bleh,” given that many of us are able to redeem miles primarily for international first class travel on foreign airlines. But it’s also important to keep things in perspective. In my case, I booked an... Read more

Etihad, the Abu Dhabi based airline has won for the third year in a row the award of World’s Leading Airline 2011. Check out of the video of the awards. The award was previously won by Singapore in 2008. Prior to that British Airways had gained the award every year from... Read more

It’s earnings release time and this week saw Delta and US Airways reveal Q4 and full year 2011 results on Wednesday, and United Airlines released figures yesterday. United also provided a list of accomplishments in 2011, as well as guidance items looking ahead to 2012. First,... Read more

Happy Anniversary to Deals We Like! Exactly 365 days ago I started bogging about my favorite topics – points, miles, travel, deals, and promotions. I remember blogging away in my own little world and getting 50 or so page views (probably 49 of them being my mom)! I was so... Read more

Since the start of aviation , Australia’s domestic airline market has been largely composed of two airlines: From time to time the cozy duoploy is challenged by a new entrant within a blaze of low fares. The new entrant usually goes bust or is absorbed by ten two big... Read more

The world is full of beautiful beach destinations.  While I have experienced my fair share across the globe, I still have not found a beach destination that excites me more than the islands of Hawaii.   In November, my family arranged a get together to celebrate a new niece... Read more

The second day of the MEGADO was all things AA. Starting with a presentation about AA, some inside peeps in to their 777-300 interiors, new safety video and new kiosk interface. We started the day with presentations from several senior executives at AA, covering everything from... Read more

Hilton claims it has the fastest hotel growth of the major hotel companies over the past five years with 29% room growth and 950 hotels added to its portfolio since June 2007. The hotel chain has a current piepline of another 860 hotels in development. Hilton opened 170 hotels... Read more

Lego Man has now joined ten other Canadian astronauts to become the eleventh Canadian in Space. Two teenagers from Canada spent the last four months working on a project to send a Lego man 80,000 feet up into the near space region of the Earth’s atmosphere (that’s... Read more

It’s time for a reader photo. Thanks to Jack for sending in this one. Correct Answer: Winner: If you’d like your photo featured, please email it to me at onemileatatime@hotmail.com, along with the correct answer. Read more

Buy Hyatt points for 1.59 cents each and get top tier Diamond status in return! Hyatt’s Q1 Promo and Diamond Challenge You’ve probably already heard about the upcoming Hyatt promotion in which you can earn up to 55,000 bonus points for staying 16 nights at Hyatt properties... Read more

So all the buzz has been about American Airlines launching a new Business class product with a 1-2-1 business product which admittedly, does look lovely. However, like everything there is a sting in the tail – enough for me to avoid these birds if I ever fly American... Read more

If we look at the Delta.com web site we see the following SizeCheck rules (the old SizeWise btw) For carry-on bags your bag must: Not exceed 45 inches (length+width+height), or 115 cm. Fit easily in our SizeCheck® unit (approximately 22″x14″x9″, or 56x36x23... Read more

It’s that time of the year again. The 1099′s, W2′s and other tax forms have started showing up in the mail or email. This is also about that time I start getting questions form my readers and friends about the tax implications of all the miles they have earned... Read more

The headline says it all. I have several travel tools that keep me productive and engaged on the road. They are mostly electronic, but you may be surprised at what I consider to be a “travel tool.” Frankly, my travel tools range from computers and smartphones to... Read more

Part 1 left off Sunday morning before daybreak, woken from a fitful sleep in a generous bus ticket vendor’s hammock in the El Savadorian town of Aguilares (see also companion UNESCgo post on Joya de Ceren). 5:00 am at the Aguilares bus stop. The first bus from San Salvador... Read more