Ryanair passengers encountered a crappy situation when they realized something important was missing off their Murcia-London–toilet paper. According to MyFoxNY: The flight took off before cabin crew admitted to the passengers that the handling agents had failed restock the bathrooms. The warning provoked a mild panic throughout the airborne plane. …
Read More »Disney Releasing Monthly Subscription Box of Disney Park Loot
Want access to Disney Parks products at home, including their limited edition pins? We’ve seen beauty boxes, food boxes, and clothing boxes. Â But I think we’ve pretty much seen everything now. From WDW News Today: The first edition being released, called Trading Edition, will go on sale May 14th through …
Read More »Woman Flying to Rochester Ends Up in Barbados
A woman was flying to Rochester through JFK from Oakland, but instead ended up on a direct flight to Barbados from Oakland–with no passport or boarding pass. From Road Warrior Voices: Â Hussainzada had been visiting her daughter in Oakland, Calif. and was scheduled to fly home to Rochester after a …
Read More »Will We Have Pilot-less Planes in the Near Future?
Google has been working on driver-less cars for a while, with a pretty good success rate. Now they’ve set their sights on flights. According to Bloomberg: The chief of Google Inc.’s experimental cargo-drone program wants to see automated flight go beyond pilotless planes and extend to commercial air travel. Just …
Read More »Great Sale on SD Cards Today
After my brand new computer died a fiery pretty non-eventful death, I decided to invest in a cheap Chromebook just in case.  One thing about Chromebooks is you rely heavily on SD cards for storage, so I was poking around Amazon looking for cards.  Then saw a set significantly less than …
Read More »Find the Cheapest Drinks Near You, Stat
A friend and I were just out to drinks and confessed we always try to snag happy hour at our favorite restaurants. This made me think about my favorite app.  Happy Hour by GoTime. Available on both Droid and Apple The app will look around you and tell you where all the cheap drinks …
Read More »Keep Your Phone Charged On-the-Go Without Bulky Chargers or Devices
When traveling with my friend to Seattle for the Star Wars exhibit, we were talking about the various devices we carry to keep our phones charged. When I was traveling through Frankfurt security, I was asked if I was going to the Australian Outback or something. Â The security person couldn’t …
Read More »Woman Sues for $5 Million After $7.99 IFE Doesn’t Work
A woman sued United after her $7.99 DirecTV services only worked for a total of 10 minutes. Â The services only work over the ground and she was taking a flight to Puerto Rico. According to NJ.com: Â Cary M. David filed a $5 million class action suit in federal court in …
Read More »Forget Able and Willing. Do you have an exit row disposition?
I was involved in a Twitter conversation the other day about people being concerned I wouldn’t be able to lift the exit door on the plane. (I think they actually wanted my seat!) I typically comment that I’m a bartender so if there was a beer keg in the way, …
Read More »JetBlue Allowing Free Streaming On-Board for Amazon Prime
Most airlines don’t let you stream videos on the in-flight internet.  JetBlue does, but for a fee.  Which isn’t so bad since their WiFi is typically free. But they just offered a change in policy that’s pretty awesome. From the Consumerist: There’s now another option for people using Amazon’s instant …
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