Here’s how you can use these event and plane ticket templates to make fake boarding passes as gifts! When I surprised my mom with tickets to Paris, I printed out fake boarding passes to present to her. I’ve had some people ask me how Situs Slot Gacor 2022 did this, …
Read More »Spirit Airlines Dramatically Drops Price of Checked Bags and Carry-ons Purchased at Gate
The key to flying Spirit Airlines has always been understanding the baggage fees. In fact, we’ve had a post titled, “The Number One Thing You Need to Know When Flying Spirit. ” We cheated and listed three things. Spoiler, they were all “Baggage fees.” (For a complete guide to flying …
Read More »How to Fly Frontier Airlines
How to Fly Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines is a low-cost carrier that can save you a lot of money… or cost you a lot if you can’t avoid the fees! Read this guide to make sure you avoid paying more than you have to when flying Frontier Airlines, and make …
Read More »How to Handle Sudden Flight Cancellations
How do you handle sudden flight cancellations? A few years back when I regularly flew US Airways ( RIP US Airways 😭Â ), a strange situation occurred. Â How strange? Â A truck hit my airplane while we sat on the tarmac. Â I wanted to get to a work-related event in Las Vegas …
Read More »Customs Agent Used Wikipedia to Grill Journalist on an Aircraft He Was Covering
Recently, a customs agent is believed to have used Google to research what questions you should ask an engineer–and then used that to grill an incoming software engineer. Twitter blew up in response with many software engineers admitting they wouldn’t be able to solve that problem. But is this a …
Read More »Researchers at Binghamton University Found a Better Way to Predict Future Flight Delays
When you see one airline cancel all their flight in anticipation of a storm and another one wait it out, you are seeing airlines take different gambles based on estimates about how the weather will affect their flights. From the article on it, “Currently, flight delays are predicted by artificial …
Read More »How to Tell If an Air Marshal Is on Your Flight
In my entire flight history, there’s only been one time I was 100% sure an air marshall was on my flight. Â Mostly because the air marshal identified himself during an altercation. Â (It sounds more exciting than it actually was). However, there have been times when IÂ strongly believed there was an …
Read More »Air Traffic Controller: “I Feel Like an Idiot, But Maintain a Visual With the Boat”
This is a funny back and forth between the ATC and a pilot. Apparently, a boat was crossing when a Piedmont flight (old school!) was landing. The ATC requested that they maintain visual with the crossing boat. He also called himself an idiot and the pilot quickly responded with “affirmative”. …
Read More »Why Few People Have *Actually* Died in Flight
I was reading through a discussion on deaths in flight when I came across a very interesting point someone made. Now, I don't exactly know what I decided to go down this morbid rabbit hole, but it's quite fascinating. There are only a few people in history who have actually died in flight.
Read More »The Woman Behind the Voice that Warns You that the Moving Sidewalk is Ending (and other airport announcements)
Whenever I take the moving sidewalk in an airport, there’s always a kind woman reminding me that the moving walkway is ending. This same woman reminds me not to park in the loading and unloading zone. Â And welcomes me to the airport. But who is she? Well, not this woman. …
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