Photo of the Week!
F 4.5; 1/320; 107mm.
Shot on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, DC.
Continue reading “Clear skies, open spaces”
The Daily Flyer
Welcome to the January 22, 2021 edition of “The Daily Flyer,” The Higher Flyer‘s newsletter that gathers up and summarizes some of the most important happenings in the world of airlines, hotels, award points, and other travel-related subjects. Today’s feature leads with a closer look at Moynihan Train Hall, the impressive successor to New York’s wretched Penn Station, and then moves on to cover more typical subject matters: previewing travel policies in the Biden Administration, the debut of the IATA Travel Pass, and even MORE higher flyer predictions for 2021.
Continue reading “Excelsior! A first look review of New York’s Moynihan Train Hall”
Photo of the Week!
F 8; 1/800; 81mm.
Shot at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC.
Continue reading “Blue skies at last”
Yes.
(Sorry for the spoiler. Let’s get to it!)
The Daily Flyer
Happy (belated) Martin Luther King Day, and welcome to the January 19, 2020 edition of “The Daily Flyer!” This is The Higher Flyer‘s newsletter that gathers up and summarizes some of the day’s most important happenings in the world of airlines, hotels, award points, and other travel-related things. Today’s feature examines the Boeing 737 MAX‘s safety record as it returns to the skies, and it also covers updates to two popular loyalty programs, the next steps for Alaska and oneworld, AA’s other domestic alliance, and higher flyer steps to containing insurrectionists.
Continue reading “Is the Boeing 737 MAX safe to fly?”
Photo of the Week!
F 3.5; 1/40; 24mm.
Shot at Grand Central Station in New York.
Continue reading “Grand. Central Station.”
Photo of the Week!
F 5.6; 1/100; 94mm.
Shot near the Home Ranch in Clark, Colorado.
Continue reading “Dreary Winter”
Southwest Airlines (whose IATA code is “WN”) is one of the original “disruptors” in the airline industry. When it commenced operations in 1971, founder Herb Kelleher brought affordable air travel to a burgeoning middle class in the United States; flying was no longer reserved for the one-percent. It was a refreshing addition in to the market, but Southwest Airlines has since grown into an outlier. Its barebones passenger experience doesn’t match those on legacy carriers, but it is, price-wise, definitely not an LCC. Some might argue that its fares are overpriced, whereas others would simultaneously claim that Southwest is the best deal in the sky. Whether or not it’s a good value depends on who you ask, and such ambiguity makes the airline all the more intriguing and worthy of a closer look.
Continue reading “WNning on Southwest Airlines”
Photo of the Week!*
F 5.6; 1/250; 135mm
Shot at the end of the “D” concourse at Doha’s Hamad International Airport.
*But why stop there? This can be the “Photo of the Year!” too.
Continue reading “To 2021 we go!”
The Higher Flyer 
With COVID-19 raging, there’s no such thing as responsible travel planning
The Daily Flyer
Happy February, and welcome to “The Daily Flyer,” The Higher Flyer‘s newsletter that gathers up and summarizes some of the most important happenings in the world of airlines, hotels, award points, and other travel-related subjects. Today’s feature discusses travel plans in a pandemic, as well as a new mask mandate, airplane seat preferences, cheap fares in Europe, and a behind-the-scenes look in to a 787’s pipework.
Continue reading “With COVID-19 raging, there’s no such thing as responsible travel planning” →