by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 28, 2017 | Airports, Featured, Security, TSA |
The TSA announced yesterday that electronics being brought aboard flights operating from or within the USA will be subject to additional scrutiny at security check points.
In the coming days and weeks, a new measure will be rolled out at airports that requires passengers to take out any electronics larger than a Smart Phone, and place them in a separate bin at security checkpoints. This includes items such as laptops, tablets, walkmans ( 🙂 ), any kind of camera, or camera lens.
This new process is not unlike what we’ve been accustomed to for years when it came to our laptops.
As I said the title of this post, things could have been much worse. Only a few short weeks ago we were staring at the spectre of having to put all electronic items larger than a phone into checked bags. I’ll settle for this new policy anytime if it means keeping my gear with me.
By the way, for those of us enrolled in TSA’s PreCheck, fear not, we don’t have to take anything out of our bags so it’s business as usually for us in that respect. This policy does not apply to us.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 26, 2017 | A340, Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Lufthansa has added a new destination to the Americas beginning with the Spring timetable for 2018.
Beginning March 29, 2018, Service will begin between Frankfurt and San Jose, Costa Rica. Two flights per week will connect the cities and the route will be flown by Lufthansa’s mainline A340-300. The flights will operate on Thursdays and Saturdays.
The flight details are as follows:
Flight LH518 will depart Frankfurt at 1:45p, arriving in San Jose at 5:55p.
Flight LH519 will depart San Jose at 7:50p, arriving in Frankfurt at 3:10p the following afternoon.
This new route is open for booking via Lufthansa.com.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 24, 2017 | Featured, Mileage Plus, Sweepstakes, United |
The tiers for this sale are as follows:
Buy between 5,000 and 19,000 miles and get 25% more miles.
Buy between 20,000 and 29,000 miles and get 50% more miles.
Buy between 30,000 and 49,000 miles and get 75% more miles.
Buy between 50,000 and 75,000 miles and get 100% more miles.
For this promo, buying 75,000 miles will cost $2625 and you’ll get another 75,000 miles which means you’ll wind up paying only 1.75 cents per mile which is about as good a deal as you’ll ever find. Taxes may take the CPM up a bit, but it is still among the best deals that United has offered in a long time.
You can buy up 150,000 miles a year per account. Bonus miles count towards the 150k maximum.
As far as the contest is concerned, if you buy miles, you’ll be entered into a drawing that will award 5 prizes. The Grand Prize is 250k miles. Second place gets 100k miles, and 3 other winners will each win 50,000 miles. Obviously the miles won from the contest will not count against the 150k maximum miles that can be purchased for an account.
No Purchase is necessary to enter the contest. Directions for entering the contest are included in the Official Rules.
