What happens when your flight is delayed and two Broadway casts happen to be on your flight too? This. It switches back and forth from vertical to horizontal view. The Lion King and Aladdin casts had a sing-off in the airport. Â The Aladdin cast (perhaps fairly) claims the sing-off wasn’t …
Read More »Unopened Soda Cans Are Potential Weapons in Flight, But Beer Isn’t?
There was a bit of controversy for United this past week over a soda can and a beer can. Apparently, a woman on a flight was denied a can of unopened soda because she could use it as a weapon, but the man next to her was give an unopened …
Read More »All United Airlines Flights Grounded in US Over Potential Flight Plan Issues
United grounded all its flights for about an hour this morning. According to Wired, United hasn’t given specific reasons, but people have been tweeting information as they hear it. Though United hasn’t indicated the cause for the grounding, tweets from onboard passengers and a news report have indicated various possible …
Read More »TSA Let Weapons Through Security in 19 out of 20 Times in Tests
Aka the TSA let 95% of weapons through security during tests.  Sorry, percentages seem to break things on WordPress. According to an ABC exclusive: An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock …
Read More »One Way US Airways First Class Meals Still Haven’t Aligned with American
Before a trip, Emily (primarily an American flyer) asked me to request her a vegan meal. The only problem is, you still can’t do that on US Airways domestic first class flights even though you can on some American flights. According to the website: How to order a special meal …
Read More »Jamaica is Neither Domestic Nor International. Discuss.
US Airways has long considered Jamaica (and other Caribbean Islands) to be domestic flights. Â While this prevents free lounge access for first class and other perks, it allowed the biggest perk of all (in my opinion)–unlimited upgrades to the Caribbean for elites. Even Silvers (RIP US Airways’ nomenclatures) could almost …
Read More »This In-Flight Safety Video has ALL the Internets
I’ve been a huge fan of Delta’s safety videos but they’ve really outdone themselves this time. Â Because it has ALL the internets (not just one). The references tend to be older rather than newer memes. From the history books we see Charlie Bit Me, Dancing Baby, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, …
Read More »How Emergency Situations Can Lead to People Getting Stranded
My husband is running a conference this weekend and people were traveling from all over the country to go to it. Some from the Northeast. And the Amtrak crash led to the Northeast Corridor trains getting cancelled. Ticket prices quickly jumped up to four-figures. Delta added more flights in between …
Read More »Can You Bring a Lightsaber on Board?
My friend Emily recently took a flight with a sonic screwdriver. She was in route from a Doctor Who conference. And the TSA wanted to confiscate her sonic screwdriver. She had to argue with them for a while about this (eventually asking for a supervisor). Basically explaining that since …
Read More »When Delta Charges for Something Spirit Would Never Charge For
Spirit is known as the carrier with all the fees. Want to bring your bag on-board? That’s $100 at gate. Want us to print your boarding pass? That’ll be $10. Want a water? That’s $1. Need to use the bathroom? …still free. For now. But there’s one thing Spirit won’t …
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