If Boom and united airlines introduce supersonic travel at near business class fares at the end of this decade you might see a change in the market for conventional travel.  Without the pressure from business travellers for frequency, there will be a role for larger aircraft (and thus lower ...

Frequent flier programs reward spend, not loyalty.   But most of the people who are flying frequently enough to earn status are flying because they have to and, particularly in business, with other people’s money.  Giving free lounge access or upgrades from economy as a rewar...

Yes XWu except that when faced with things going wrong, I am usually able to find a better alternative for me than the service desk who, faced with a queue of people, want to palm you off on the simplest solution for them.  Better to get on the internet and find something that suits me. ...

The way to handle this is for the priority lane to simply take you to the front of the queue.