View from the Wing has an excellent post on how the upgrade queue is going to work for American Airlines–including some changes. I suggested pausing reading this post, go to his post, and come back here. Some of the changes make the American Airlines upgrade process EVEN more different from …

There’s a lot to worry about on flights.  Injuries due to turbulence, angry anti-reclining zealots, and passengers that just ate at Ben’s Chili Bowl. But a woman experienced something previously just part of Samuel L. Jackson’s darkest nightmares–scorpions on a plane. While the airline still doesn’t know how the scorpions got on the …

I just came across this interesting experiment about reviving near-flat champagne. It’s useful with Valentine’s day coming, but let’s be honest–there’s always a good excuse for champagne. Apparently, you can revive near flat (but not totally flat) champagne with raisins.  This article goes into the how-to. Crazy! I think the best way …