July, 2014

• 25 July

  Three Better Ways to Check US Airways Flight Status

  When checking your US Airways flight status, your intuition would be that www.usairways.com is the best place to check.  But there are three better places to check your US Airways flight status. 1. The US Airways Mobile Website You can access the US Airways mobile website from any browser at …

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• 23 July

  Popular Yoga App Free on Amazon

  

  Want to take yoga on the road with you when traveling? The popular yoga app, Simply Yoga, is the app of the day on Amazon.com today–which means it is free! Edit: See comments, get free $1 credit for “buying” free app. If you are on the fence about whether or …

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• 23 July

  Spirit Airlines Replaces Social Media Team Concept with Auto-Responders

  Nope, this is not an Onion article. From Forbes: The airline has changed its Twitter bio to “a big social media team costs money, so we put our feed on Autopilot to save you cents on every ticket.†While most airlines globally are ramping up their social media customer service …

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• 22 July

  Southwest Turning Old Seats into Shoes, Purses, & Soccer Balls

  Southwest is turning their old leather seats into shoes, purses and soccer balls–all in the name of charity. From the LA Times:  The Dallas-based carrier launched “Project Luvseat,†in which 43 acres of leather from hundreds of old airline seats will be donated to charitable groups in Kenya to make …

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• 21 July

  The Winner of the $50 Amazon Gift Card, plus US Airways vs. American Results!

  Random.org has spoken and the winner is…. The proof that these results are truly random–the winner voted for American Airlines.  <long sigh> Here’s the original post. And American Airlines won the poll overall.  I’m sure it didn’t help that Ed did some last minute muckracking.  (Beltway insider, really?) Anyway, this “rivalry” …

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• 17 July

  Malaysia Airlines Loses Contact with 777; 777 Crashes with 280 Passengers Onboard

  Another Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared off the radar:   From KXAN:   Popular flight tracking website Flightaware.com shows the plane was last over Ukraine when it disappeared from tracking. Twitter exploded with the news in various languages, including pictures and videos of plumes of smoke. The area where the aircraft is reportedly …

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• 17 July

  Vote Now! US Airways or American Airlines?

  Ed from Pizza in Motion has posted a poll where you can vote on who has the better upgrade process:  US Airways or American Airlines. For details on the two programs: I wrote a detailed argument on why US Airways clearly has the better product. Ed wrote an argument for why …

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• 15 July

  Tired of Tropical Fish? Snorkel for Booze!

  I won’t admit what search terms I used that brought this up, but I found a resort that has an interesting experience. They hide bottles of Cruzan Rum in the water so that while you are snorkeling, you have a chance of discovering a bottle of rum. I think I …

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• 15 July

  Victorious German World Cup Team Gets a 747 to Themselves

  Apparently one of the perks of winning the World Cup is getting a private flight back home to your victor’s celebration. From the International Business Times: Flight LH2014 — an obvious reference to the Cup — took off late Monday afternoon from Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão airport, headed to Berlin …

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• 14 July

  Is US Airways’ Upgrade Process TOO Equitable?

  I wrote a post for Pizza in Motion laying out why the US Airways upgrade procedure is better than American’s Airlines’. Please note, we are only talking about the procedure.  I don’t think either of us would argue that US Airways’ first-class product is better than American’s (and I don’t think Doug …

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