The following is a guest post from Michelle from ThirtySixThousand.com. I’ve been flying for as long as I can remember. I made 4 trips to Hawaii before I was a year old and that trend has continued ever since. My family owns a small business over in the islands, but California is my home. My…
For a recent flight from Winnipeg to Calgary, I checked in online using my iPhone, and got my first offer of a complimentary upgrade. It was a bit strangely worded: <My name>, would all passengers like a complimentary upgrade for the flight? It didn’t entirely make sense – how would I know about the other…
Actually I didn’t notice it, but it is nice of them they apologized. It would have been nicer a few Aeroplan miles for people who would have written back and said the salutation mistake caused inconvenience for them or at least a draw for them with 3 prizes. I would have not written back as first of…
I flew the other day Air Canada to Vancouver. IFE didn’t work so they offered us a free drink. I didn’t want to drink alcohol so I thought I would go for a Perrier. But my neighbor (a girl) ordered a Sangria, I was surprised – since then do they have Sangria ? – so…
I came across an article from “The Globe and Mail” and I thought I would pass it along. An excerpt: What brought all this to mind was a story about the newest plane from Boeing – the Dreamliner. Some say it may be the best plane ever produced. The program to develop it cost an estimated $32-billion. For that…
I have seen it countless of times: After they wash and wipe their hands, (some) people don’t want to touch anything and it comes down to this. What I do, and I suppose most people do the same, is open the flap with the tissue and then let it drop through the opening, but…
This is the label of a Lipton tea bag in Europe. It contains 22 different languages. No wonder Europe has so many problems. Boarding on the Lufthansa plane to Frankfurt, I picked up the German edition of the Financial Times. I would have preferred the English version, but they did not have it. I can’t…
The Icebreaker t-shirt was quite pricey (around $80) but what I had read made me buy it. A “40 days and 40 nights” vow: I wasn’t going to wear it for that long, but for a very long flight it would come in handy. Also, the label said to type in the unique code to…
Now, I rarely fill out a survey if nothing is given in exchange. For example, the last Air Canada survey offered 15 eUpgrade Credits at random to five participants so I completed it. Of course, I did not win, but I could have, and I trust someone has. Time is one of the most precious…