A background about myself.
I live in the SF Bay area. I've been flying for business since 2002, I used to be in sales and flew a lot within the US. But then I became a product manager and now fly less frequently, but now I fly to international locations a bit more. When I first started, I didn't cared which airline I flew on, I used Southwest, United, American, Delta, you name it, whatever was convenient. Obviously, I was green and didn't know the advantage of trying to stay within a network.
It took me a couple off years to finally get the idea that if I flew within one alliance network a lot, I'd accumulate miles and free travel a lot faster. Yes, I became a mileage junkie, and over time, I became a Star Alliance mileage junkie. My airline of choice: United.
Why United? Well, United had a big hub in San Francisco, and flew to a lot of destinations from San Jose, or at least it did until the last few years. They also had pretty good access to the rest of the world through Star Alliance. Finally, when I started to choose United specifically, they had started up their Economy Plus service. A definite plus.
I also enjoyed flying quite a bit, since I'm also a bit of an airplane enthusiast. After a few years of business travel, I thought to myself why not share some of my experiences, and may be help some other travelers like myself take advantage of an increasingly complex airline industry. So, with that, I'm off...
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