The founder of Travelocity has teamed up with the IBM Watson project to create a new company, Wayblazer. This company’s aim is to use Watson’s plain language skills and ability to “learn” to make the booking process much easier for the usual consumer. From Market Watch: WayBlazer addresses the growing …

The new Diet Coke commercial involves a passenger having a day dream sequence on an airplane. She day dreams everyone is drinking Diet Coke. Here’s the ad: Lovely, right?  Except those flight attendants are probably miserable. Diet Coke fizzes up like crazy when pouring up in the air.  Mental Floss says …

Chicago can’t seem to catch a break lately. Flights in Chicago were grounded Monday evening after further complications resulting from the Aurora radar center fires. From the Washington Times:  Delays struck hard during Monday’s evening rush hour at both airports — O’Hare International and Midway — because of a telephone …

According to a survey, Spirit’s seats were ranked more comfortable than US Airways’ and Americans’.  Has Tiff been redeemed? From the Chicago Tribune: Jet Blue Airways and Alaska Airlines have the most comfortable coach seats, while no major airline ranked near the top in results of a poll released Thursday …

Whenever I was hoping for an upgrade at the gate, I’d cross my fingers that a Chairman who flew more miles than I have wouldn’t check in after me.  They would jump above me on the upgrade list. Keri is a Chairman too and has flown more than me lately. …

When I was excited about US Airways’ offering free liquor in the club, some people warned me not to get too excited because it was Gordon’s vodka.  Not exactly A+ brand. But in the US Airways Club today, I noticed Absolute on the shelf instead of Gordon’s.  Not too bad. But …

Last week, a plane had to turn back after take-off because its engine was sticking out of the plane. Today, CBS News reports that a plane’s landing gear collapsed while the flight was starting to depart. This was an LAX to Mexico City flight and the passengers had to be re-booked. …

After a series of other issues with the Dreamliner, Air India had to ground one of its crafts due to toilet-issues.  The replacement Dreamliner responded with technical issues, leaving many of the passengers stuck overnight. From NDTV: Air India’s spate of trouble with its Dreamliner fleet continued on Friday as …

I was just buying some things on Victoria’s Secret and I headed on over to RetailMeNot.com to see what specials they had. Today I found a lot: I was able to get free shipping, an unexpected discount, and a free $15 reward card.  I also went through the Ultimate Reward …

When I travel to different places, I tend to do research when I’m on the plane on my way to the destination.  People often ask me–do you use Yelp to plan your trips? Yes and no.http://heelsfirsttravel.boardingarea.com/2013/05/25/foursquare-checkin-has-another-use/ I used to use FourSquare all the time before the huge Swam debacle.  I’m easing …