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 …

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 …

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 …