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When you are into deals, miles, points, and promos, there’s usually a gray area when deciding what deals to take.  If a program’s conditions technically allow the loophole you found, is it alright to take advantage of it? This question has come up a lot.  Is it okay to book …

In news I cannot make up, Finnair Flight 666 landed safely in HEL today. But things get even eerier, according to WFAA: Even better? The flight took off at 13:00 local time, according to Flightaware. The one-hour, 34-minute flight landed at HEL at 3:41 p.m. Helsinki time. And it gets even …

The former senator of New York, Alfonse D’Amato, was kicked off a flight after he decided to bring his concerns directly to the captain after a long delay.  After waiting six hours, the captain asked some passengers to move around on the airplane and D’Amato could not wait anymore. This is …

A snake on a plane (cue references here) resulted in a canceled Emirates flight today. But a lot of news sources I’ve seen have been attaching the video and photo from a snake incident that occurred back in November on a flight to Mexico City. At a quick glance, this …

There was something in the air on a British Airways flight–literally. In a report recently leaked, an October 25th British Airways flight from San Francisco to London made an emergency landing in Vancouver after the cabin crew began exhibiting bizarre symptoms. According to the Mirror, these symptoms included: Crew said they …

The other day, a crowd of 41 people was removed from a flight due to being too drunk to fly. A group of eight was just removed from a British Airways flight prior to takeoff for being too drunk.  It turns out they broke the first rule of flying while drunk, …

Just a warning, if you are traveling with Lufthansa, they have already canceled 876 flights for Wednesday, due to pilot strikes.  While this seems like a large number, it is not the majority of their flights (though a large percentage of them). From CNN Money: The airline said that roughly 100,000 …

41 passengers were removed from a Brussels to Alicante flight after the captain had enough of their unruly behavior.  The flight originally had 136, meaning 30% of the entire flight was removed.  (And I thought the brawl on board a flight was crazy…) And yes alcohol was involved. All 41 were …

A 25-year old British woman was gang-raped by a group of men, who filmed the incident.  When the woman reported the crime to authorities, she was arrested and her passport was confiscated.  The men were allowed to go free. From the Independent: The UK-based Detained in Dubai campaign group said …

Recently, I wrote a post on the clever way bars in the UK are battling sexual assault.  Signs in the bathroom instruct women to casually ask the waitstaff for Angela as a sign that they are in an uncomfortable situation.  The staff will help them out of it in a …