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I was just checking out this Forbes article entitled, “The 3 Most Important Things To Do When Your Flight Is Cancelled.” The article heavily quotes Boarding Area’s Gary Leff, but it misses one important step.  The first step. The article’s three most important steps are: Go in with your own …

Just a warning, if you are traveling with Lufthansa, they have already canceled 876 flights for Wednesday, due to pilot strikes.  While this seems like a large number, it is not the majority of their flights (though a large percentage of them). From CNN Money: The airline said that roughly 100,000 …

We’ve all been there.  We receive a notification that our flight was cancelled.  Everyone runs to the gate agents or lounge agents.  Everyone pulls out their phone. When there’s been major cancellations, I had trouble getting rebooked as a top-tier elite on my airline.  You can’t get prioritized to the front …

When I mention I’ve traveled a lot for work, I get a “you are so lucky!” in response. Probably the most exciting place I traveled for work was Hawaii.  And I had to tack my honeymoon onto it to make my honeymoon plus my work trips work.  So, not so …

One of the things I value the most out of my frequent travel is being able to help my friends and family.  Whether it is getting to stay in a fancy hotel suite that has a fancy horse* shoe brush or upgrading someone on the sly, I love getting to share …

Here’s a round-up of travel tips over the last couple of years.  Feel free to bookmark/favorite to use as a reference later! Planning Keeping Track of All Your Loyalty Programs Why You Should Always Join the Hotel Loyalty Program for Where You Are Staying How to get the best deals …

I was hanging out at a hotel this weekend that a lot of my friends were staying at.  Late into my evening, a friend who had already gone upstairs to head to bed received an email from Delta informing him his flight was cancelled and offered him three alternate routes. …

I’ve found a good ice breaker at a party for me has been, “So, my flight to Vegas was once hit by a truck.”  There’s usually a brief pause followed by, “Wait, WHAT?!” Unfortunately for those flying from Boston to Philly on a US Airways flight yesterday, their airplane was …

Keri, Bill, and I were all on a flight together that was pushing back in just enough time for us to make our connection.  That is–until a ground stop was put on flights out to Philadelphia and we were sitting on the tarmac. Since we were allowed to take our …

I never thought I would be sore from a government issue.  Not sore as in I’m upset at them (well, I am too), but physically sore! I had some meetings in DC followed by an evening event in Chicago.  I booked a flight with a tight time constraint, knowing this …