I write this as my United flight jets from SFO toward San Diego, without me onboard.
I didn’t miss my flight though.
I skipped the last leg. Continue reading
Month: July 2017
Uber’s Local Offers spending portal is finally back
With the revamp of the Uber app late last year, Uber took away its awesome spending portal that allowed you to earn Uber credits when using your linked Visa card for spend at local stores and restaurants.
Well, it’s finally back.
Screenshot of opt-in prompt within my Uber app today.
How is it better this time? Continue reading
Crazy Frontier fare alert: SF-Orlando $20, one-way, non-stop, & vice versa
Amid the hoopla of Frontier adding dozens of destinations and routes today, they posted a surprising unannounced fare sale:
In October, you can fly non-stop between San Francisco and Orlando for only $20 each way.
This sale does not require Frontier’s Discount Den membership.
Check out the fare calendar for October: Continue reading
Uber is matching all July 18 in-app tips
If you’re feeling generous, tomorrow is a great time to rain down in-app tips upon your Uber driver.
Uber is matching dollar for dollar all in-app tips given on July 18, according to an Uber email to drivers today.
Screenshot from an Uber email to drivers.
Check out Uber’s tips info page here. Continue reading
Lyft counterstrikes: drivers to earn the same on Line rides as on normal rides
The low-cost carpool rides offered by Uber and Lyft (where riders share their ride with other riders going in the same direction) have always been a horrible deal for drivers.
As a driver doing Line/Pool rides, I always felt I was doing the work of two rides, but earning the pay of one ride.
But Lyft has now announced a game-changer:
Two AutoSlash wins, one AutoSlash fail
Like many travelers, I’m a big fan of car rental booking site AutoSlash.
9/10 times AutoSlash will find the cheapest rental option, and 3/10 times it is substantially cheaper than comparable sources (estimate, not scientific numbers).
But AutoSlash failed me recently. Continue reading
Frontier’s 75% off sale is back, today only (7.11)
The first time I saw this sale from Frontier Airlines, I was shocked.
The second time, not as much.
They have the sale a few times per year, and it’s here again, today only:
Photos: SFO plane spotting from a land fill
There’s this thing people do, called plane spotting, where they nerd out and photograph the planes landing and departing (or parked) at an airport.
While I’ve yet to earn the #avgeek badge (try searching “#avgeek” on Twitter or Instagram, where you’ll find hundreds of posts per day), there’s this park by SFO that I figured would be a cool spot to try it out.
A plane descending above the landfill ridge of Seal Point Park.
What is plane spotting? Continue reading
Flight review: finally flying Alaska Airlines
Saturday morning, 6 a.m. flight, SFO’s international terminal.
We got there with just enough time as usual, pointlessly as it turned out.
I looked out the window at our gate expecting to see our plane nestled in, but there was nothing there.
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