Flights

I passed this link along to View from the Wing because I knew he’d have much better commentary on it than I would.  And sure enough, he did. Here’s the complaint: It all started on Monday with a call from one of my employees, sobbing over the telephone telling me …

Deborah Jacobs at Forbes Magazine has a great article today on how to travel lighter. The two I follow religiously: 4. Be a minimalist with toiletries 9. Wear the bulkiest items in transit The one I need to learn to do: 3. Bring ample footwear. Shoes are the non-negotiable essentials, …

In an absolute first for me, I got a reminder of my departure time 4 hours ahead in addition to my check-in reminder Usually, if I get a follow-up email to my check-in reminder, it means my flight is about to be delayed.  But this reminder let me know that …

Lufthansa has a much better product than US Airways meal offerings–by far!  This is not a surprise. For some reason though, I’ve suddenly become aware of just how much advertising exists in Lufthansa Business Class. In my hop from Paris to Frankfurt, my end of the meal chocolate… …was sponsored …

JetBlue has always been the more tech savvy of the airlines–at least in perception.  Their new badge system has a start up feel to it, and is actually pretty cool!  (Caveat, I’m a fan of earning badges in friendly competition on websites.  Well, except for certain badges.) SlickDeals offers an …

Mashable has a great, well, mash-up of the eleven start up travel websites you should know about. The list acknowledges Hipmunk and Tripit as old hat, so these really are brand new start ups. My favorites? Once you’ve booked a flight and scored hotel deals, how do you figure out …

When talking about flight deals the other day, I mentioned that I have The Flight Deal‘s Tweets sent to my phone.  I started getting a lot of questions about this, and some disbelief from The Flight Deals about the sheer number of texts I would get from them. Yes, it …

Or, I should say, the biggest lesson I ever got in what can happen while you are out of pocket, and how you need to be careful before you are disconnected for hours. I’m a subscriber to Gogo Wireless Internet, so I sometimes use it just briefly while on a …

Ever wonder why your package shipped airmail from China arrived late and broken? This might be why: What frightens me is this is probably how a lot of luggage gets treated behind the scenes.  And I’ve had a lot of odd things happen to my luggage and wondered HOW. On …

JetBlue has announced that the points from their loyalty program, TrueBlue, will no longer expire. TrueBlue points are our way of thanking you for your loyalty. But members have expressed concern that accounts must stay active for points to never expire. So, we did something about it. We heard your …