I learned that a splash of glitter could look like bomb residue during the screening process at the airport. But you know those swabbings that they do randomly at the airport? Jeff Dunham learned the hard way that the “lotion” found on his puppets derriere resembled the material some explosives …

I always find myself mesmerized by the air traffic exhibit at the air and space museum.  It has planes, color coded by airline, flying across a radar map. They use various days as samples–including September 11, 2001.  (It is really eerie to watch air traffic suddenly stop). There’s an app …

Not very much.  But the trait they have in common is that they show up the same when you are going through a TSA check point. I don’t shy away from glitter generally, but I also usually have pre-check.  Dulles’ pre-check line was closed this morning, and rather than send …

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 …

Conrad Hilton threw something beyond a hissy fit on a 10-hour flight, calling the rest of the passengers peasants and claiming he was going to kill a flight attendant. Hilton was upset because a flight attendant asked him to step out of the aisle so they could start beverage service, …

Huzzah! Goodbye long wait times for bookings, you can now book US Airways flights through British Airways again.

Booking US Airways flights with Avios is still not working despite rumors it would be fixed by February 1st. People have reported, myself included, that they have been able to book over the phone. The only problem is–the phone system for booking with Avios is a bit overloaded and keeps …

Just letting you guys know that there are some strange issues with US Airways inventory on British Airways right now. I booked a US Airways flight with my Avios (British Airways miles) a few days ago.  I went to book another.  It told me there were no partners on that route. …