Summary: By Upgrd Podcast - Upgrd Podcast Happy New Year and welcome to episode 4 of The Upgrd Podcast. This week we discuss some of the trouble's of traveling during bad weather this year and in the past. In addition we answer listener mail, discuss the Swiss sale fare, and touch on mileage running. Topics include: Mike's ordeal traveling through the Northeast on Christmas eve Past weather related travel issues during the Denver storm of 2006 Bumps and Voluntary Denied Boarding (VDB's) when traveling during winter or other peak travel seasons The Swiss (LX) sale fare Our reader mail section "Dear Ted" includes two questions including: How to extend business trip segments to reach the next status level, and whether or not to change a return flight BOS-LAX (see poll, more below) Our favorite mileage run software including itasoftware.com and the FareCompare.com tools Ben's tutorial on using ITA Software to construct mileage runs and other topics. In our Dear Ted section, Josh from LA asked if he and his wife should cut their vacation to Boston short by two hours to fly first class in the American Airlines 767-300 series plane with angled lie flat seats instead of their current 757 flight with the old style leather seats. Please vote on the right and tell us your comments below!
