As my wife worked for an airline, so I phrase it "We moved from a coach retirement to a first-class retirement". 

I'm not going to look that up, but ok if someone wants to prove me wrong on that.HDQ to 3 of the 5 major US airlines....amazing to me how there are basically flights every hour from DFW to places like LAX, MIA, LGA, HOU, AUS, Chicago. 

However we have had no issues and they are partnered with a lot of cool sites like Marriot, JetBlue Airlines etc. 

Mexico is probably the #1 exporter now to USA, either beating or soon to beat China....guessing a lot of that comes thru/to Texas. 3 of 5 biggest US airlines based here. 

@Bill Briggs    Gary is an American Airlines pilot who flies frequently to China and is not a user of BP. 

I lost my 15 year career as a flight attendant for a major airline in 2011 due to illness.  

nice post...I have been there done that.. owned a few airplanes  ( those make cars of any cost look like a pittance) but I used them in business and they were fabulous write offs and very fun to use and it made my business better because of be able to maximize my time and spread my wings so to speak to markets I could never have covered if I had to rely on car or Gasp airlines. 

@Len Roche my first loan was with Wells Fargo (back in 2009) then I talked to my brother-in-law about a loan he had on his investment property with American Airlines Credit Union.

This is something airline pilots and teachers will do: rent out a house where they can shove a bed in and overnight as cheap as possible.Ask her if she has a set schedule, or if she's looking for an "at need" deal- price from there.

and yes I am a wanna be airline pilot so I have to pay for my habit.