It was a fantasy, for sure: A fully horizontal night of sleep during the long flight from San Francisco to Auckland—at not much more than an economy fare. Last month, my husband and I flew that route on Air New Zealand, and I was admittedly smug about what I thought...
A random encounter with a company name today sent me into a brief reverie: Wheels Up. That’s the New York-based private aviation membership company in the news because it’s sponsoring American Pharoah, the 2015 Kentucky Derby winner and the racehorse favored to win...
On each flight, a business traveler jots an entry into his journal while he waits for the plane to finish boarding. A mother gets her two kids ready for day care 10 minutes before they need to get in the car each morning, so all three can play together for those 10...
Extraordinary inflight service: Every airline aspires to it, but few pull it off. I’ve written and read a number of articles about how Asian carriers are able to offer a superior soft inflight product. Much is attributed to hiring practices. But that can’t be the...
Saturday I attended a ceremony to send off United Airlines’ inaugural flight from San Francisco to Taipei. It was a party! United decorated the boarding area with paper lanterns and served dim sum and Chinese-style coffee, while brightly costumed characters...
I am a freelance content strategist, editor and writer with a focus on business travel. In my free time I write fiction. And woven through it all, I am a parent, wife, reader and runner.
Contact me at nancybranka@gmail.com.
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