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SFO Museum displays vintage United Airlines uniforms

04/07/13
The SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport is currently displaying eighteen United Airlines flight attendant uniforms, some of them dating back to the 1930s. The exhibit is part of a donation of fifty-five flight attendant uniforms given to the SFO Museum by the United Airlines Historical Foundation and which represent the full history of […]

Scarf & tie-swapping flight attendants making friends

07/24/12
A small gesture is getting big raves from flight attendants who now work for the company created by the merger of United and Continental Airlines but who continue to fly separately—in their traditional United or Continental uniforms—while final union and contract issues are  were being worked out. Flight attendants who came from the old Continental […]

Tidbits for travelers: Free drinks for fliers; Flying car tweaked

07/28/10
If your Mileage Plus status on United Airlines lands you in the Economy Plus section, or if you pony up some extra bucks and buy your way into the seating area that promises 5 extra inches of legroom, the airline will buy you a drink. According to the airline website, anyone sitting in the Economy […]

College-bound? It’s time for Travel Deals 101

09/11/09
Heading to college or sending a kid off to school? Once tuition, room, and board bills are paid, there may not be much cash left over for actually traveling between home and the college campus.  But, as I write in my Well Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com today, some airlines offer a little help. Lufthansa, […]

Tidbits for travelers: Swine flu, busted baggage handlers, & fresh art

05/02/09
So many people are canceling trips to Mexico because of worries over swine flu that United Airlines and Continental Airlines are significantly cutting out flights to that country. No doubt other airlines will also cut flights, so if you’ve postponed your Mexico trip, check back with the airline to see if you need to change […]

Portly passengers may pay twice on United

04/18/09
This week United Airlines joined Southwest and several other airlines in formalizing and posting a  “seatmates of size” policy on its website. (From a 2007  Well-Mannered Traveler column on this topic, courtesy MSNBC.com) Although the policy was quietly posted on the airline’s Web site some time ago, it went into effect just this past Wednesday, […]
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