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Airline Phone Number Quick Reference Chart

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Here is a handy chart of many of the airline phone numbers. Some may be inaccurate as they change from time to time but could be a handy list to keep in your IROPS file.

Aer Lingus 800-223-6537
Aero California 800-237-6225
Aeroflot 888-340-6400
Aerolineas Argentinas 800-333-0276
Aeromexico 800-237-6639
Aeropostal 888-912-8466
Air Aruba 800-882-7822
Air Aurora 800-443-0478
Air Botswana 800-518-7781
Air Calin 800-677-4277
Air Canada 888-247-2262
Air China 800-982-8802
Air Europa 888-238-7672
Air Fiji 877-air-fiji
Air France 800-237-2747
Air India 800-223-7776
Air Jamaica 800-523-5585
Air Madagascar 800-821-3388
Air Malta 800-756-2582
Air Mauritius 800-537-1182
Air Namibia 800-626-4242
Air New Zealand 800-262-1234
Air North Airlines 800-764-0407
Air Pacific 800-227-4446
Air Portugal 800-221-7370
Air Sunshine 800-327-8900
Air Tahiti Nui 877-824-4846
Air Transat 800-388-5836
Air Vanuatu 800-677-4277
Air Vegas 800-255-7474
Air Zimbabwe 800-742-3006
Alaska Airlines 800-426-0333
Alitalia 800-223-5730
All Nippon Airways 800-235-9262
Allegiant Air 888-594-6937
Aloha Air 800-367-5250
Ambassadair 800-225-9919
American Airlines 800-433-7300
American Trans Air 800-225-2995
Amerijet International Inc. 800-927-6059
Asiana Airlines 800-227-4262
Atkin Air 800-924-2471
Atlantic Airlines 800-879-0000
Atlas Air 800-462-2012
Austrian Airlines 800-843-0002
AviaCSA 888-528-4227
Avianca 800-284-2622
Avioimpex – Interimpex 800-713-2622
Bahamas Air 800-222-4262
Balair/CTA 800-322-5247
Baltic Intl Airlines 800-548-8181
Bangkok Airways 866-226-4565
Bemidji Airlines 800-332-7133
Big Sky Airlines 800-237-7788
Bouraq Indonesia Airlines
British Airways 800-247-9297
British Midland 800-788-0555
BWIA International 800-538-2942
CanJet Airlines 800-809-7777
Cape Air 800-352-0714
Caribbean Star Airlines 866-864-6272
Cathay Pacific Airways 800-233-2742
Cayman Airways 800-441-3003
Century Airlines 800-541-0410
Chalk’s Ocean Airways 800-4-CHALKS
China Airlines 800-227-5118
China Eastern Airlines 800-200-5118
China Southern 888-338-8988
Colgan Air 800-428-4322
Comair 800-354-9822
Condor 800-524-6975
Continental Airlines 800-525-0280
Copa Airlines 800-359-2672
Corporate Express Airlines 800-661-8151
Corsair 800-677-0720
Croatia Airlines 888-462-7628
Czech Airlines (east coast) 800-223-2365
Czech Airlines (west,mw) 800-628-6107
Delta Air Lines 800-221-1212
DHL WorldWide Express 800-225-5345
Dragon Air 800-842-9911
Dutch Caribbean Airlines 800-327-7230
East Coast Flight Services 800-554-0550
Egyptair 800-334-6787
El Al Israel Airlines 800-223-6700
Emery Worldwide 800-367-3592
Emirates Air 800-777-3999
Ethiopian Airlines 800-445-2733
Estonian Air 800-397-1354
EVA Airways 800-695-1188
Evergreen International 800-345-5556
Fine Airlines 800-923-9222
Finnair 800-950-5000
First Air 800-267-1247
Florida Coastal Airlines 888-435-9322
Frontier Airlines 800-432-1359
Garuda Indonesia 800-342-7832
Ghana Airways 800-404-4262
Grand Aire Express 800-70-GRAND
Great Lakes Airlines 800-554-5111
Great Plains Airlines 866-929-8646
Gulf Air 888-359-4853
Gulfstream Intl Airlines 800-992-8532
Hapag-Lloyd Express
Hawaiian Airlines 800-367-5320
Hooters Air 888-359-4668
Horizon Air 800-547-9308
Iberia 800-772-4642
Icelandair 800-223-5500
Independence Air 800-359-3594
Interstate Jet 877-359-4538
Island Air 800-323-3345
Japan Airlines 800-525-3663
Jet Airways (India) 866-835-9538
JetBlue Airways 800-538-2583
Jet Express 800-806-8833
JetsGo Airlines 866-440-0441
Kenmore Air 800-543-9595
Kenya Airways 866-536-9224
KLM 800-374-7747
Korean Air 800-438-5000
Kuwait Airways 800-458-9248
Lacsa Costa Rica 800-225-2272
LanChile Airlines 800-735-5526
Lauda Airlines 800-588-8399
Leading Edge Air Logistics 800-552-5323
Lithuanian Airlines 877-454-8482
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano 800-327-3098
LOT Polish Airlines 212-789-0970
LTU International 866-266-5588
Lufthansa 800-645-3880
Lynx Air International 888-LYNX-AIR
Malaysia Airlines 800-552-9264
Malev Hungarian 800-223-6884
Martinair Holland 800-627-8462
Mesa Airlines 800-637-2247
Mesaba Airlines 800-225-2525
Mexicana 800-531-7921
Midway Airlines 800-446-4392
Midwest Airlines 800-452-2022
Miles Above 800-469-6453
Mongolian Airlines 800-642-8768
Nantucket Airlines 800-635-8787
Nature Air 800-235-9272
New England Airlines 800-243-2460
North Vancouver Air 800-228-6608
Olympic Airways 800-223-1226
Pacific Coastal Airlines 800-663-2872
Pakistan Intl Airline 800-221-2552
Pan Am 800-359-7262
Pelita Air Service
Penair 800-448-4226
Philippine Airlines 800-435-9725
Polynesian Airlines 800-644-7659
Qantas Airways 800-227-4500
Rover Airways Intl 800-828-4668
Royal Air Maroc 800-344-6726
Royal Jordanian Airlines 800-223-0470
Royal Nepal 800-266-3725
Royal Tongan Airlines 800-486-6426
Ryanair.com +3 531 582 5932
Ryan International Airlines 800-727-0457
SAS Scandinavian Airlines 800-221-2350
Saudia Arabian Airlines 800-472-8342
Scenic Airlines 800-634-6801
Shuttle America 888-999-3273
Singapore Airlines 800-742-3333
SN Brussels Airlines
Sol Air 866-476-5247
Solomon Airlines 800-677-4277
Song Delta Air 800-359-7664
South African 800-722-9675
Southeast Airlines 800-359-7325
Southwest Airlines 800-435-9792
Spanair 888-545-5757
Spirit Airline 800-772-7117
SriLankan 877-915-2652
Sun Country Airlines 800-752-1218
Sunflower Airlines, Fiji 800-707-3454
Suriname Airways 800-327-6864
SWISS 877-359-7947
TACA Airlines 800-535-8780
TAM – Brazilian Airlines 888-235-9826
TAP Air Portugal 800-221-7370
Ted Airlines 800-225-5833
Thai Air 800-426-5204
Transbrasil 800-872-3153
TransMeridian Airlines 866-435-9862
Trans International Express 888-244-8922
Tropic Air 800-422-3435
Turkish Airlines 800-874-8875
Ukraine Intl Airlines 800-876-0114
United Airlines 800-241-6522
USAir Shuttle 800-428-4322
USA 3000 Airlines 877-872-3000
Varig 800-468-2744
Vasp Brazilian Airlines 866-776-3869
Virgin Atlantic 800-862-8621
WestJet Airlines 800-538-5696
World Airways 800-967-5350
Yemen Airways 800-936-8300

Big Southwest Sale $50, well maybe

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So it’s been awhile since posting. I guess Covid and less travel will do that to you. Plus I’ve been busy getting a new job, moving and well traveling some.

Southwest currently has a new sale. Good deals starting at about $50.

Seems like a good deal plus my wife is A-List and has a companion pass !

So among the many changes in the past 6 months one of my sons and his family moved to Hawaii. He’s in the Army and also has a new daughter. I’ve been avoiding flying because wearing a mask with asthma isn’t my idea of fun for more than 10 minutes but I still haven’t met our new granddaughter yet. I saw this sale that Southwest has and was thinking it would be a great way, well cheap way to get from our new home airport in St. Louis to Honolulu using my wife’s companion pass. Sure it’s cattle car festival seating but I’m tough.

So I started searching and found some potentially great deals. <$500 for both of us roundtrip….or did I.

STL-HNL May 2021

The sale goes through May and I’m trying to put this off a bit due to work and vaccine roll-outs but before another big trip in August. Found a good date on May 7th only to find no return dates… No worries I’ll look at April.

STL-HNL April 2021

OK? How about March

STL-HNL March 2021

How odd but I’m flexible how about next week?

STL-HNL Feb 2021, seems worse

Now I’m no fool. I know that Southwest isn’t the best way to get to Hawaii from most of the country but I didn’t think it would be that bad. It’s like the Hotel California. You can check-out anytime you like but you can never leave. Maybe I’ll check out my companion pass on Alaska Airlines 🙂

Photo Review Holiday Inn Express Austin Airport Texas

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Short one night stay at the HIX at Austin Airport. Hotel is a good location just a few minutes from the AUS terminal by car. The hotel features a nice outdoor pool, fitness center with decent equipment.

It also passes my test of offering the free breakfast at 6 am instead of the weird trend of 6:30 am that many hotels have moved to. It also has small guest laundry and the fitness center is open 24 hours. This hotel is located in a business park type area so not a tourist centric property but most of Austin is a car centered culture anyway. #traffic.

Separate bath and toilet area are a bit dated with dark lighting but spotless. Only complaint is the overdone water softener setting giving me that “swimming in the dead sea” spa experience.
I didn’t use the airport shuttle but they seem to have two drivers and vans on call at all times. Check with the hotel for details of course.
Overall a nice hotel with clean comfort and well located.

Ever Wonder If – Those “Buy Extra Miles” at airport check-in are a good deal.

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Sure we’ve all been there. You are rushing around getting ready for your trip and you jump online to check in for your flight, “pick and pray” on the seat selector without the advantage of SeatGuru available. You worry about how to print the boarding pass in a hotel lobby with 5 printers that all lack ink and IT support.

Or Maybe you’re doing it on the fly at the airport Kiosk, worried about dropping your bags or passport while the amateur travelers all around you wonder at your kiosk skills and how cool a jet-setter like you looks.

Then BANG you get the “Mileage Multiplier” !!!

Wait!!! HOLD THE PLANE. YOU mean for just a bit more money I can get 5,000 extra miles to add to my Euro Trip Vacation stash.

Oh it must be a good deal because after all I’m flying already and only people checking in will be able to gain these extra miles at such a good value. I can see myself drinking champagne in crystal fluted glasses in first class. Or is that sparkling wine in plastic cups?

But wait is it a good deal? It must be but I can’t do the math in my head, too much going on. UGGGG. Not sure what to do! Pull the trigger or pass up the “deal of the century”. Oh the pressure.

OK let’s not do math, let’s just compare. If you don’t even have a reservation but log into AA.com (in this case). Go to the Buy, Gift and Transfer miles page and you’ll find this price:

That’s right my friends you would have just paid $12.03 too much for those miles at check-in. Feel special yet? Oh and there is more. That’s without taking advantage of the frequent or current mile buy deals for buying more miles.

Sure $461.99 is a lot to spend on miles but this is just a hint that those miles at check-in aren’t usually a good deal. As a rule of thumb if you aren’t seeing “buy miles” deals at less than 2 cents per mile it isn’t usually a great deal. In fact buying miles rarely is a good deal to buy on speculation. It can pay off to buy miles to put you over the top for a premium cabin redemption but I’ve never seen it be a good deal at check-in. I assume there are folks that can sneak this through on an expense account but most of us live in the real world and have morals.

Oh and those travel bloggers that help us all out by telling us about the latest mile buying promotions or top travel gadgets to buy from Amazon can be helpful if you have the need. Remember though that most are doing this as a way to may affiliate revenue. They get money when you click through many of the deals they post. Doesn’t make it wrong but just do it eyes-wide open. In fact when I do take advantage of things like this or credit card sign-ups I try to do it through blogs I like to support them. Some of them also lack morals so use caution.

Side Note: I pick on American Airlines here but most airline check-in deals aren’t worth it. Just remember if the price for those 5,000 miles is higher than $100 you are paying too much. Less than that could be a good deal and a unicorn. Maybe like a unicorn using a kiosk at the airport 🙂

Lounge Review – Priority Pass Terminal 1 Munich Airport –

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We paid a short visit to the Airport Lounge Europe on our recent visit to Munich. Our MUC-AMS flight on KLM left out of Gate D15 in Terminal 1 which was very close to this lounge. It is located next to the KLM Air France Lounge above Gate D14. You should be able to get to this lounge from the C gates but it would be a long way from others. There is another Priority Pass Lounge in Terminal 2. They are inside security. Overall this is a nice little Priority Pass Lounge.

This was in the morning so basic breakfast was on offer. The lounge was also very slow as it was during a Sunday morning. Overall we enjoyed this lounge.

Seating was comfortable with tons of power outlets.

Air France CDG 2E lounge at 5:30am

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Just a few photos from the Air France Salon Lounge at CDG 2E  at 5:30am on Monday August 5th 2019.

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Sorry No photos of the food selection. Not much out early this early as the lounge opens at 5:30am. Some cold cuts, cheese, crousants, etc. I’ve never seen it this empty so it was pleasant for a 3 hour layover after coming off a redeye from TLV. img_20190805_053954img_20190805_053140

 

Photo Review of Radisson Country Inn & Suites TUC Tucson Arizona Airport

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The Tucson airport country inn & suites is conveniently located about a half a mile north of the Tucson terminal. It’s walkable although shuttle service and nearby car service is readily available. This country inn & suites is relatively good although a bit dated. they are in the process of doing renovations during my stay in this hotel should improve from average to good in the near future.

I was really impressed that they start breakfast at 5am which is something all airport hotels should do more.

Hotel Photo Review – Marriott Courtyard Springfield Missouri Airport

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The last time I stayed at this property Dick Cheney was VP. I know this because he was staying here at the same time on a campaign stop. I also remember this because when I checked in the front desk gave me the wrong key and I walked in on a secret service agent in his room, yikes.

Anyway this hotel has aged well. It’s one of the designs that has a small atrium in the lobby. It has a restaurant in the parking lot but is equipped with the Hyatt Place style bistro for breakfast, evening drinks and food. I like this but still feel that not having free breakfast,, even for elites, has long hampered Courtyard business traveler business. Sure many can expense this cost anyway but it is just more complicated than being able to grab a quick coffee or breakfast on the way out the door for most roadwarriors.

This hotel has a small in door pool, decent fitness room and clean rooms. I find the bathrooms a bit dated but spotless. This property is right off I-44 and near the Springfield Regional Airport. They have shuttle but a cab might be worth it to save time.

Photo Review of the Avianca Lounge at Puerto Rico – SJU – Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport

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Had a short layover at the San Juan airport. Now that American has closed their lounge (although their website still shows it open) there is not much choice. Using our Priority Pass membership we enjoyed this small lounge for a couple hours. It was very crowded but not terrible. It offers a nice self service bar and decent food. I was also happy that it had restrooms although most listings don’t show that feature.

I was disappointed with the cleanliness in general throughout the lounge. It wasn’t terrible but just below expectations. The wifi was good but no views of the airfield.

Review of Laredo International Airport LRD

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Nice small airport with mostly regional service provided by American, United and Allegiant. Parking and rental car operations effortless. Security opens an hour before the flights as a group activity. Reminds me of Killeen Texas. Good waiting areas with power. No lounges but nice cafe.