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Win A Seat Next To Randy Petersen … Yes, That Randy!

October 1, 2012 by flyingfish 231 Comments

Do you like travel? Yearn for more time in an airline seat? Enjoy conversing with semi-bald white haired gentlemen who seems to only wear Nike sneakers? Then have I got a contest for you! Between today, the 1st of October and this coming Sunday, the 7th of October, you’ll have the opportunity to win…

Getting Visually Creative With Lufthansa’s Airbus A380

March 3, 2011 by flyingfish 5 Comments

This past Sunday evening, as the sun was setting over Frankfurt Airport, I had the opportunity to wander freely around a Lufthansa Airbus A380-800 at a Lufthansa Technik hanger as a guest of the airline. Yesterday I wrote about the A380’s three classes of cabins and what passengers can expect on board … today, it’s…

Frequent Flyer Miles, the insanity, the addiction … the documentary

December 30, 2010 by flyingfish 5 Comments

While I am not mileage runner as an airline traveller I probably have what some may consider an unhealthy interest in gaining miles. I have been known to fly from San Francisco to Los Angeles using New York as my connection point, or fly to Hong Kong via Frankfurt to pick up a few thousand…

Mileage Runs Explained

December 7, 2010 by flyingfish 4 Comments

I have previously written about frequent flyer mileage runs, frequent flyer elite status and other related frequent flyer junkie topics on Flying With Fish … and have more than once found myself explaining the benefits of both frequent flyer elite status and mileage runs in other various mediums. The practice of making mileage runs and…

Five Travel Blogs You Should Read

November 30, 2010 by flyingfish 5 Comments

As we enter the busiest travel time of the year many find themselves seeking more travel information. The sheer number of travel sites online can be overwhelming, ranging from niche topics … such as Flying With Fish … to broad and almost disorganized content from a site I won’t mention by name … but through…

A Run In With The TSA “Respect My Authority” Attitude … it was bound to happen

November 7, 2010 by flyingfish 7 Comments

Readers frequently write me complaining of their interactions with the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) front line Transportation Security Officers (TSO). For the most part over the past few years my interactions with the TSA’s front line agents have been generally been fairly uneventful … even pleasant at times … although I knew at some point…

Guest Post: AvGeeks Unite!

August 15, 2010 by flyingfish 2 Comments

Todays Guest Post goes excellently with last week’s guest post from Leighton Matthews Guest Post – Plane Pics – A Spotter’s Story. Many who work in the airline industry are enthusiasts, or Aviation Geeks, also known as AvGeeks … and this is brought to light by Amelia Kelly, a flight attendant from Down Under (or…

Flying With Fish Ranked Fifth Most Trusted Authority In Online Travel!

April 5, 2010 by flyingfish 3 Comments

Last week RockCheetah, a global hospitality and travel industry strategy and technology consulting agency hosted a poll to determine Who is the Most Trusted Authority in Online Travel? Out of 47 top industry professional listed in the poll, Flying With Fish ranked as the #5 Most Trusted Authority In Online Travel. The competition and caliber…

Who Can Make An International Airline Awards Show Fun and Lighthearted? Fish Can!

April 22, 2009 by flyingfish 2 Comments

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 22/04/2009 – Who Can Make An International Airline Awards Show Fun and Lighthearted? Fish Can! Tomorrow night, the 23rd of April 2009 the dingy red carpet (probably snagged from an airline’s ‘elite boarding line’ while no one was looking) will be rolled out at Fort Lauderdale International Airport’s Hilton Hotel…

2008’s Year In Review Of Flying With Fish

December 31, 2008 by flyingfish Leave A Comment

Web: www.comeflywithfish.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 31/12/2008 – 2008’s Year In Review Of Flying With Fish Another year has passed, and for Flying With Fish this marks the end of the second full year of Flying With Fish. This year has seen Flying With Fish grow farther than I could have imagined! At the end of…