There’s a great deal right now on flights to Paris via American Airlines.  Most of the other flight deals to Europe I’ve mentioned lately have been on low-cost carriers where you really need to watch your baggage allotment. From the Flight Deal: A very good sale to Paris from New York or …

Usually, you don’t see the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as an organization that moves quickly.  However, the CPSC saw the Galaxy Note in-flight fire issue as being so important, they got a subpoena to seize a man’s post-fire Galaxy Note. No souvenir for him. From the Verge: Green told The …

Just a reminder that it’s only two weeks until the next DC area travel meet-up.  Ed of Pizza in Motion and I can’t wait to see you all there!   Details: October 25th at 6pm-9pm Dino’s Grotto in DC (Shaw) Register for the event here.     — It’s that …

SlickDeals has a great deal for UPS My Choice Premium.  For only $4, you can get 4 months of the membership. You can find the deal here. The regular (free) UPS membership includes: Delivery Alerts Delivery Planner Approximate Delivery Time Sign for Packages Online Delivery Instructions UPS My Choice Premium …

According to million-mile flyer, Mary Campos, United switched her from her pre-booked seat to another one to accommodate a request. It wasn’t a request to move a family together or to move an underaged person out of the exit row.  The two men who were going to share the row …

This is crazy.  And possibly convincing me to never go sky diving.  (aside from the plummeting to earth part). A man jumped out of a plane and got caught on his way down. His friends in the plane had to cut him loose.   But the entire time, he had to …

Five points to the pilot on this one.  Even though this footage is going to look scary, it looks like the pilot did the right thing in this situation. A pilot was landing a 737 in Prague when some crosswind struck.  The airplane hit down hard and the pilot pulled …

Xbox is currently offering a month of Xbox Live Gold for free–even if you already have an account.  All you need to do is log into the link on this Slickdeals page,  and it will be the top option.  This is a great deal to take advantage of if you have …

I’m a big fan of UberX and use it pretty frequently.  It’s a ride sharing program that lets you connect with drivers in minutes.  UberPool is Uber for extroverts.  It’s when you share your ride sharing.  That is,  multiple people take rides at the same time.  The Uber software has …

God bless America. Now, in addition to Reeses Peanut Butter Cups and Reeses Pieces, you can get Reeses Peanut Butter Cups stuffed with Reeses Pieces. I was in a store the other day and came across this beautiful sight. Be still my heart. Being the good investigative reporter I am*, …