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 …
Read More »A Hotel Suite So Big, I Discovered Another Room on the Last Day
Once, I stayed in a hotel suite so big, I found a new room on the last day of my stay. I was on a work trip in Las Vegas, and we got a suite at the Encore Tower Suites to use for hospitality and entertaining. (The Encore is attached to …
Read More »Travel Alert for DCA Flights: Portions of Airport Bound Metro Shut Down Through July 11th
American Airlines just sent out a notice about the different station closures. Due to major safety problems with the DC metro, portions of the system have been shut down while critical repairs happen. The National Airport Station to Braddock Road is one of the track pieces currently up. While the trains themselves …
Read More »Will a Flight Ever Turn Back When It’s Already Thousands of Miles into Flight Path?
The answer, sadly, is yes. We just had a case of this with British Airways on a Heathrow to Tokyo flight. From the Daily Mail: Passengers on a British Airways flight to Tokyo were forced to suffer a 6,000-mile ‘flight to nowhere’ after the plane they were on returned to Heathrow …
Read More »Virgin Australia Strands Little Boy at Airport When His Flight is Cancelled and Rebooked 2 Days Later
This is something I worry about with unaccompanied flyers. A little boy’s flight from Auckland to Rarotonga was cancelled. He was flying as an unaccompanied flyer, so his mother contacted the airline to find out if accommodations would be provided for him. She was assured they would be. His mother was …
Read More »Denmark and Sweden Are Trolling Each Other on Twitter
Seriously, this is happening right now. Back when I was in school, I went to a conference for students from all over the world. I started hanging out with a group of people that included someone from Denmark, someone from Norway, and someone from Sweden. And wow the jokes were …
Read More »Win a Trip to Watch a Show About Taking a Trip (meta!)
This is the first time I’ve seen a trip giveaway on Amazon. The Grand Tour Sweepstakes From what I can tell, The Grand Tour is a TV show being filmed by Amazon where three gentlemen drive around the world, checking out the sites–in awesome cars. What’s missing is information about …
Read More »Strange Odor Grounds Allegiant Flight
An Orlando bound flight made an emergency landing after there was a strange smell in the cabin. Â There was no smoke or any other sign of distress. According to the South Bound Tribune: An Allegiant Air flight from South Bend to Orlando made an emergency landing at another Florida airport …
Read More »Season 1 of Dragon Ball Z for Free!
Okay, I have to admit, I used to watch this. And Microsoft is offering the first season of it for free.  This isn’t a rental or a stream, but an actual ownership. This includes 39 episodes of the season. What is Dragon Ball Z? It is is a Japanese anime television …
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