For those who need some Good Friday reading, head to http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/19/news/companies/jeff_smisek_united_continental.fortune/index.htmWhilst semi-light on what more changes are happening going forward, it's full of fun little facts like how much United spends on fuel... a day.Happy reading! … [Read more...]

For those who are United Mileage Plus/Continental OnePass members should cast their beady eyes over to http://milepoint.com/forums/threads/award-fee-changes-eff-jun-15-2011.8737/Whilst BMI Diamond Club may be imperfect, award close-in fees and mileage re-deposit fees really do smell rather bad from my viewpoint.... … [Read more...]

Continited/Uninental/"The Combined United" (I'll come up with a name that might make sense one year) have updated the progress on their fleet refits:CO: 757-200 Fleet - all 41 now have BusinessFirst Seats installed.CO: 777-200 Fleet - 22 aircraft have BusinessFirst Seats installed.UA: 767-300ER Fleet - Complete Flat bed in Business installed (in 2009!)UA: 747-400 Fleet - … [Read more...]

It seems that the Continental side of United is aligning itself more to United, with the removal of free inflight snacks on US Domestic runs. Or as we know them better - the oversalted pretzels that are in a bag so tough to get into, yet so few of them. It's actually quite sad - Continental were the last hold out of free in-flight meals in all classes up till a year or so … [Read more...]

With the merger moving apace, United is slowly combining the fleets together. In the next stage, and what will be good news for United/Continental Elites, as well as those who are willing to pay, Economy Plus will be deployed in the Continental fleetHowever for those who are preparing to jump on a Continental flight and expecting to see it tomorrow morning, hang fire, as the … [Read more...]

After bashing Youtube with a pole last night, all the videos from the trip are now loaded!You can find them on my YouTube Channel or for those of you who are feeling just a tad lazy, here's the list...Take off in a UA 777-200 from AMSLanding at IAD in the same UA 777-200 Take off in a UA/Shuttle America ERJ-170 from IAD  into the sunset (and lovely colours … [Read more...]

This just in from the Wall Street Journal:United Airlines said it is in the process of temporarily grounding its 96 Boeing 757 jetliners Tuesday and into Wednesday so it can perform checks on earlier modifications it did to the air-data computers on those planes.The unit of United Continental Airlines Inc. discovered it hadn't properly complied with steps required by the … [Read more...]