United Polaris Lounge – Chicago O’Hare

The United Polaris Lounge at Chicago O’Hare International Airport is located in Terminal 1, Concourse C, near Gate C18. This central location provides convenient access for passengers traveling on United Airlines’ international flights. The lounge at O’Hare has been undergoing a major renovation and expansion project since September of this …

Travel Photo of the Week: The Most Picturesque Major Airport?

Lately springs have truly been full of “April Showers” and severe thunderstorms. As another bout of severe weather whips through the United States, I was reminded of my experience at Denver International Airport exactly one year ago, today.

American vs United vs Delta: Evaluating the Best Business Class Product

So I finally got the chance to fly DeltaOne on a recent flight to Amsterdam and this pretty much allowed me to check off flying the trifecta of US Airlines from my bucket list. And I thought now was as good time as any to evaluate which of these three …

United Airlines 787 Economy SFO – SYD: Good Food, OK Service

After nearly a month of waiting the day finally came for the start of our camping trip to Middle Earth. As I mentioned in the previous post, I booked myself in United Economy on the DFW-SFO-SYD routing using 40,000 United Miles. It’s been a while since I’ve flown a 15 …

United Civilizes the Boarding Process After 12000 Test Runs?!

I can’t tell you the number of times I have flown United (even in business) and found myself having to push through throngs of people huddled around the gate to find the Premier Access line. Often times priority boarding or my boarding group will have already boarded by the time …

Deal Alert: STAR ALLIANCE/SKYTEAM London – Atlanta/Portland for ~$1700 in Business

United and Delta seem to be competing on business class flights out of London to Atlanta and Portland Oregon. Prices for the winter and spring travel seasons coming up are around $1700 roundtrip, which is as low as I have seen it as of late. There are a multitude of …

The Peanuts Drama Continues….New Rules Needed?

I think it’s about time all commercial airlines begin to implement ‘new rules’ (pun fully intended) when it comes to accommodating customers with severe-allergies. Recently, singer Dua Lipa tweeted at United Airlines saying, that her sister’s nut allergy was overlooked and dismissed by their flight attendant who claimed: “[United] is …

Review: United’s NEW Polaris San Francisco – Auckland on 777-300ER

Before we knew it, it was time to board our flight to Auckland. I was really looking forward to this flight since this would be my first time trying out United’s new Polaris hard product and that too on their new 777-300ER. For a good 4 months before my flight, …