Freakin’ Cheap: How to Fly with a Pet Without Paying Fees

December 26, 2017, United Airlines 5637, MSP–SAN. The two women in the AB seats in our row had two dogs on their laps for the entire flight. They stowed two collapsible kennels in an overhead bin. United Airlines charges $125 per pet brought on board, and it has to be stowed under a seat in… Continue reading Freakin’ Cheap: How to Fly with a Pet Without Paying Fees

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Some of the flight crew will swap out on this 12-hour journey to Minneapolis.

Using Social Media to Resolve an Issue with United Airlines

We’re off to New Zealand in December. There are no nonstop flights from hometown Minneapolis (MSP) to New Zealand, but I found one-stop itineraries through Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco, and Houston. These are good cities to connect through in the winter: they don’t get shut down by snow. Everything was fine until United changed… Continue reading Using Social Media to Resolve an Issue with United Airlines