I made the switch from AT&T to T-Mobile a couple of years ago, and it has almost been life-changing. Up until recently I couldn't have been happier with T-Mobile. My bill was half of what I paid with AT&T, and T-Mobile offers an excellent international…
Labor Day is a busy travel period, so I'm sure lots of you will be in the air. If you are, it's worth being aware that you can get 30 minutes of free Gogo wifi on your smartphone on any Gogo equipped domestic flight on Monday, September 3, 2018. This…
T-Mobile recently implemented some major changes to their international service, and now they've announced yet another change (but don't panic, they're just ending one specific type of plan, and not international data on the whole, or anything). T-Mobile…
T-Mobile recently announced some changes to their international service. The good news is that T-Mobile expanded their international plan from 154 countries and destinations to 210+, which I'm very excited about. But then T-Mobile increased the cost…
Last week I wrote about how T-Mobile announced some changes to their international plan. Now they're announcing a new international data option for customers, which I'm thrilled to see. Thrilled. T-Mobile changed the way I stay connected internationally,…
This is a great deal that won't last. For Amazon Prime Day, it looks like you can buy Bose QuietComfort 25 Headphones for just $125. The normal price for these is $279. You can potentially save even more if you use the Amazon trick I shared earlier,…
I’ve been a T-Mobile customer for a couple of years now, and am thrilled with their overall value proposition. They’ve just announced some major changes to their international data plan, which I wanted to cover in this post. Why I love my…
While airlines go great lengths to try and differentiate their premium products, sometimes they miss the boat in very simple ways. For example, one of the things I always comment on, and which has a big impact on my comfort on a flight, is individual…
I recently wrote about some of the paper backup items that I travel with, particularly when traveling to some of the more remote parts of the world. While it may feel a bit arcane to travel with a stack of printed airline reservations, I’ll probably…
As I'll openly admit, I'm really not great when it comes to technology. While I'd like to think I'm great at searching for award availability, my methods are pretty low-tech. There are some tech add-ons out there that are supposed to make it easier to…
Even though I work online and basically rely on technology in all forms to live my day-to-day life, I'm actually quite low tech. I have certain apps and websites I use that I'm really good with (Google Flights, ITA Matrix, etc.), but for the most part…
Sometimes this hobby can feel like a full-time job. When you combine reading up on ways to maximise earning and redeeming miles, the hours spent online or on the phone searching for and booking award travel, securing seat assignments, completing visa…
Airports pretty consistently have lousy cell phone coverage. Often there aren't towers nearby, you have a ton of people trying to connect, and there are all kinds of structures that may block a signal (at least I'd assume those are the problems, as someone…
This is turning to inflight wifi day here at OMAAT, quite unintentionally. Earlier I wrote about how Lufthansa has started offering free wifi in first class, then I wrote about how Etihad has started offering free wifi in first class. Now I'm having…
Etihad has been on a nonstop cost cutting spree lately, and it has been years since I remember them doing anything to improve their product. Off the top of my head the last positive development from them was when they inaugurated service with their first…
As far as I'm concerned, Lufthansa and Cathay Pacific are generally the world's two most consistent airlines in first class. No, not every flight will be the same (as Tiffany and I recently experienced), but I can't think of any other airlines where…
Of the "big three" US airlines, American has by far the worst IT, in my opinion. I find their website to be fairly usable, though too basic. Everything else about their IT just seems like a mess, from the lack of functionality of their app, to not even…
While I work exclusively online, I'm really quite low tech. Don't get me wrong, I can type ridiculously fast and am a great internet creeper, but the second anything goes wrong on my computer I'm useless. I imagine the below is incredibly obvious to…
While there are many areas in which Singapore Airlines offers an industry leading experience, their onboard wifi offering isn't one of them. Many of their planes don't have wifi, while other planes have slow and expensive wifi. For example, with the…
While Qatar Airways' widebody fleet also consists of the 787, A330, A340, A350, and A380, the 777 continues to be the backbone of their longhaul fleet. Up until recently the 777 featured Qatar Airways' oldest business class seats. The good news is that…
While many airline lounges have gotten nicer over the years, the same is true of airports as such. For the most part, transiting a global airport hub without access to a lounge doesn't suck as much as it used to. That's not the case everywhere, though…
