Ever wonder how much you’ve flown overall? Or have you had trouble remembering when you went to that destination you love? I personally use Swarm (previously FourSquare) to keep track of all my flights. But it doesn’t give me detailed knowledge. Just what airports I’ve been to and when. There are …
Read More »A Personal-Sized Air Filtration System That Can Travel With You
Allergies suck.  I’m on my fourth week of bronchitis thanks to overloading my allergies.  But it is difficult to keep allergies in check on the road. Every new city brings a new set of allergens.  And sometimes, you can discover a new allergy while on the road.  I discovered a new …
Read More »This Pilot Survived a Plane Crash and 43 Hours in the Woods
A pilot recently opened up about his experience (barely) surviving a plane crash and 43 hours in the woods afterwards. His harrowing story is located here.  But I want to warn you that there are graphic details about his injuries in the story. He was flying with a friend around the …
Read More »What Happens If You Try to Make Sparkling Wine Using Your SodaStream
It’s Sunday morning and all you can think about is some bubbly.  (Okay, it’s Sunday evening this moment, but pretend). All you have in the fridge is some white wine.  You look over at your SodaStream.  Should you do it? If you’ve ever had that thought, you weren’t the first. I …
Read More »If It Sounds Too Good to Be True… Just Figure Out Where the Profit Margins Are
I’ve meet many people who don’t take advantage of deals out of fear they are being tricked. For example, the Chase Freedom card is giving 5% cash back for restaurants right now. The Chase Freedom card is free. So there has to be a catch, right? Well yes and no. …
Read More »Buy $11 of Cleaning Products from Target, Get $10 in Gift Cards
Not so much a travel deal, but a great deal none the less. Target currently has a deal where you get two $5 gift cards when you buy four products from a list including Windex, Lysol, Tilex, and Scrubbing Bubbles. Someone at SlickDeals has figured out how to match up the …
Read More »They Used a Boeing 787 Dreamliner as a Stunt Plane
When you hear “stunt plane,” you probably think of this: But apparently, someone has ventured into the world of using wide-body planes as stunt planes. Â Namely, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. According to Popular Mechanics: Last years for the 2015 Paris Air Show, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner decked out in Vietnam …
Read More »Flight Delayed or Cancelled? This App Will Rebook You Automatically–Sometimes on Another Airline
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 …
Read More »Delta Flight Diverts When ~15 Passengers Got Sick at the Same Time
Did they eat the fish? A Delta flight just diverted to Tulsa when ~15 passengers–that is, 10% of the flight–suddenly got sick at the same time. The flight took off from Atlanta and was headed to Denver. Here’s a play-by-play on the flight by Flight Aware. There’s no word yet …
Read More »Whoops! Delta Flight Lands at Wrong Airport
A Rapid City-bound Delta flight landed at the wrong airport yesterday. Whoops. Instead of a regional airport, the A320 aircraft landed at an air force base. Apparently, in this case, the two airports can be confusing According to Fox News: Ellsworth is about 10 miles due north of Rapid City Regional …
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