I have a work trip coming up that is the day after a work event. Â So I’m flying on the first flight out the day of the event to get there. That’s usually my normal MO. Â I’m flying from one thing to another so I cut a relatively tight schedule …
Read More »Steep Discount on Great Purse Organizer for Short Period of Time
The Dahlia Women’s Nifty Purse Organizer Insert for Handbags is steeply marked down from $28 to $15 for a limited time only on Amazon’s lightning deals (retail $47) in pink, tan, and black (the grey is the default view so click on another color to its left to see the sale items). …
Read More »Is It Okay to Install Your Own Armrest on the Plane?
I somehow came across this new invention for airplanes: The Reposer The Reposer is a portable armrest that weighs about the same amount as a paperback book and installs onto the existing armrests to extend them. From their website: Â Without the RePoser, the weight of your arms builds strain …
Read More »Maximizing Your Drinking Experience in the Air
A few things: Make sure you check in the right way as a Delta Elite to maximize the amount of free drinks you get How Fancy Do You Go With In-Flight Cocktails? Free drinks for non-upgraded Elite Platinums on American Knowing about free drinks on …
Read More »Weird Delta Bug–Fake Cancelled Flight and Wrong-Way Route
I was hanging out at a hotel this weekend that a lot of my friends were staying at. Â 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. …
Read More »Why You Should Always Join the Hotel Loyalty Program for Where You Are Staying
When you aren’t going for status at a hotel chain, you may not worry as much about joining the loyalty program. Â Especially if you booked through a site like Priceline and are ineligible for getting points for the stay. But being in the loyalty program can get you other perks. …
Read More »Cake in the Ass. and Other Russian Tidbits
Reporters arriving at Sochi have been tweeting astonishing photos of the conditions in their hotel rooms. Â View from the Wing linked to quite a few of them. But there are a few things that I’ve seen on twitter that have made me go, “Ah, you haven’t been to Russia before!” …
Read More »Cute Children’s Geography & Travel Game for Free!
How do I talk about this children’s app without revealing my propensity to play games intended for children… Anyway! The Amazon App store currently has a cute app for free (normally $1.99). Stack the Countries is a game where players “earn countries” by answering trivia questions about them including capitals …
Read More »How You Maintain an Airport with 25 Feet of Snowfall a Year
I just thought this was cool.  How does an airport stay operational when it gets 25 feet of snow a year?  The Houghton County Memorial Airport has this down. According to the Upper Michigan Source: “We’ll plow it off, get our numbers for the airline. Then, typically, we have to fuel …
Read More »Our Vice President, folks. (Biden hates LaGuardia)
Vice President Biden had some choice words to say about LaGuardia Airport (According to the New York Daily News): Vice President Joe Biden, never one to hide what he’s thinking, said Thursday that New York’s LaGuardia Airport feels like it’s “in some third world country.†“If I blindfolded someone and …
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