Flights

A friend of mine was booking a trip today and noticed she literally could not book a ticket for an infant on the US Airways website. When she first went to the site, the option wasn’t there. But when you poke around, you can eventually find another booking screen that …

I recently had a bizarre situation when going through TSA security. I had a red-eye back to DC shortly after midnight.  So technically, my flight left on the next day. I went up to security and presented my ticket.  The TSA agent scanned my ticket and it properly beeped. She …

As I overheard two fellow passengers discuss whether or not you can take alcohol through security, I started wondering how much people knew about the alcohol laws in regards to flights in general.  I decided to run a little study on this and created an infographic of the results. I’m just …

When the least avGeeky part of a wedding is getting married at the airport, you know you are in for a treat. Wedding guests joined the bride and groom on an airplane after getting wed at Malta International Airport and flew in an interesting flight pattern. .@AirMalta #LoveFlight #AMC14JC is returning to Malta …

The decreasing size of seats could affect your ability to escape in an emergency and can make you more likely to develop health problems while on a flight. I originally assumed this CBS News article was going to be click-bait, but it actually makes some good points about safety standards, …

Experiencing an allergic reaction on the plane– I like new experiences when I travel, but I’ve never quite meant this. On a flight from Hawaii to the mainland, I started feeling a little strange.  It felt almost like there was a buzzing at the back of my throat. Suddenly, I …

My US Airways and American accounts just merged and while all my miles posted properly, I’m running into some snags when booking flights. If I book a flight on US Airways and type in either my US Airways or American number, it tells me that my frequent flier numbers are …

I was researching how healthy first-class meals are and came across this article about the meals you can get in economy class. Diet Detective apparently reviews the different airline meals each year around Thanksgiving. Here’s the most current edition. His mentions that the US Airways / American Airlines merger has …

Ryanair is beginning the process to launch transatlantic flights, and rumor has it they will use a MegaBus-like model of pricing where the first seats on the plane go for really cheap. This means the first person to scoop up a fare on a flight could get it for as little …

Proving the rich have different rules apply to them, Conrad Hilton, who was facing 20 years in jail for threatening the life of a flight attendant among many, many, many other things, was able to plea down to a misdemeanor and just probation. The flight attendant’s sin was paying attention …