If you’ve ever tried to call up an airline reservation line to make some kind of change to your flight chances are they didn’t do it out of the kindness of their heart, and instead stuck you with some huge change fee. It took me a number of times before I realized that these people…

It’s pretty standard practice nowadays for airlines to charge an extra fee for ‘premium seats’ such as the bulkhead and exit rows. I usually balk at the extra charge which can sometimes be 50% of the cost of the flight segment and so do a lot of other people it seems, which is why they often…

Heads up – from personal observations you don’t really need to follow that stupid ‘put liquids in a zip lock back and scan it separately thing’. The regulations say you do, but my experience is that you don’t. I still make sure nothing is over 100ml, but I never bother taking it out of my…

Not all direct flights between New York and the west coast cities are created equal. United runs a special service called ‘p.s.’ (premium service) between LAX and SFO to JFK. It’s a Boeing 757 in a three-class configuration that only has 110 seats, which is way less than a 757 in a standard configuration. The classes…

Although many airlines and airports are moving towards boarding passes you can show on your smartphone, many still require the paper kind. If and when you can, you should always have this before you go to the airport. Why? Most airport kiosks cut off printing boarding passes 45-60 minutes before your flight time. In reality…

Always book an aisle and a window. This way you have a better chance that someone is not going to take the middle seat and leave you with the extra space. If it is booked you can easily exchange one of your seats with the person to sit together. Also ideally book them towards the…