A pilot recently opened up about his experience (barely) surviving a plane crash and 43 hours in the woods afterwards. His harrowing story is located here.  But I want to warn you that there are graphic details about his injuries in the story. He was flying with a friend around the …

It’s Sunday morning and all you can think about is some bubbly.  (Okay, it’s Sunday evening this moment, but pretend). All you have in the fridge is some white wine.  You look over at your SodaStream.  Should you do it? If you’ve ever had that thought, you weren’t the first. I …

I’ve meet many people who don’t take advantage of deals out of fear they are being tricked. For example, the Chase Freedom card is giving 5% cash back for restaurants right now.  The Chase Freedom card is free.  So there has to be a catch, right? Well yes and no. …

Not so much a travel deal, but a great deal none the less. Target currently has a deal where you get two $5 gift cards when you buy four products from a list including Windex, Lysol, Tilex, and Scrubbing Bubbles. Someone at SlickDeals has figured out how to match up the …

When you hear “stunt plane,” you probably think of this: But apparently, someone has ventured into the world of using wide-body planes as stunt planes.  Namely, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. According to Popular Mechanics: Last years for the 2015 Paris Air Show, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner decked out in Vietnam …

We’ve all been there.  We receive a notification that our flight was cancelled.  Everyone runs to the gate agents or lounge agents.  Everyone pulls out their phone. When there’s been major cancellations, I had trouble getting rebooked as a top-tier elite on my airline.  You can’t get prioritized to the front …

Did they eat the fish? A Delta flight just diverted to Tulsa when ~15 passengers–that is, 10% of the flight–suddenly got sick at the same time. The flight took off from Atlanta and was headed to Denver. Here’s a play-by-play on the flight by Flight Aware. There’s no word yet …

A Rapid City-bound Delta flight landed at the wrong airport yesterday. Whoops. Instead of a regional airport, the A320 aircraft landed at an air force base. Apparently, in this case, the two airports can be confusing According to Fox News: Ellsworth is about 10 miles due north of Rapid City Regional …

Once, I stayed in a hotel suite so big, I found a new room on the last day of my stay. I was on a work trip in Las Vegas, and we got a suite at the Encore Tower Suites to use for hospitality and entertaining.  (The Encore is attached to …

American Airlines just sent out a notice about the different station closures.  Due to major safety problems with the DC metro, portions of the system have been shut down while critical repairs happen. The National Airport Station to Braddock Road is one of the track pieces currently up.  While the trains themselves …