United debuts swanky new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Polaris Studios

United Airlines’ most premium plane ever is here and ready for takeoff — and it’s fully equipped with the next era of its Polaris business-class cabin. Inside a hangar in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the Chicago-based carrier took the proverbial wrapper off its brand-new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in one of the more anticipated new-aircraft reveals…

United unveils a new fancy regional jet with the CRJ-450

United Airlines may be about to one-up itself with a fancier regional jet. Back in 2019, the Chicago-based carrier debuted the Mitsubishi CRJ-550, a 50-seat regional jet with a first-class cabin and lockers instead of overhead bins, so everyone — in theory — could store their bags onboard. Fast forward seven years, and United is…

What it was like sing a private passport service to ease and speed the process of getting a visa

I got to try out a private passport and visa company through a series of really cool coincidences, and I wanted to share what it was like in case it might help someone else get an expedited passport or a hard-to-get visa without all the stress. Late last year, I scored an incredible mileage redemption…

$99 Clear Concierge service saved me 4 hours in the TSA screening line

As has been widely reported, the situation with Transportation Security Administration screening lines and staffing at airports across the country currently ranges from not great to absolutely terrible as the partial government shutdown stretches on. At my home airport — Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) — things have been worse than average, with screening…