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October, 2016
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14 October
Mobile Passes Discontinued on Gogo
Mobile passes were one of the great deals on Gogo. You paid half price for a pass in exchange for only being able to use your cell phone in flight. Especially since I’ve learned to do more things on my phone (including blogging – – sorry for the autocorrects), I’ve …
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12 October
Amazon Prime Subscribers: Get 6-Month Washington Post Subscription Free (Digital Version)
Amazon Prime is now offering 6-months of access to the Washington Post for free. Â Please note, this is done as a free trial, so you will get charged after 6-months if you don’t cancel. Â (I like to set a meeting request for myself to cancel on my own calendar). This …
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12 October
Fly from the US to Paris for Only ~$400 on American
There’s a great deal right now on flights to Paris via American Airlines. Most of the other flight deals to Europe I’ve mentioned lately have been on low-cost carriers where you really need to watch your baggage allotment. From the Flight Deal: A very good sale to Paris from New York or …
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11 October
CPSC Seizes Man’s Burnt Up Samsung Note (and what a burnt one looks like)
Usually, you don’t see the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as an organization that moves quickly.  However, the CPSC saw the Galaxy Note in-flight fire issue as being so important, they got a subpoena to seize a man’s post-fire Galaxy Note. No souvenir for him. From the Verge: Green told The …
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10 October
Two Weeks Until the DC-Area Travel Meet-Up!
Just a reminder that it’s only two weeks until the next DC area travel meet-up. Ed of Pizza in Motion and I can’t wait to see you all there! Details: October 25th at 6pm-9pm Dino’s Grotto in DC (Shaw) Register for the event here. — It’s that …
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9 October
Get a UPS My Choice Premium Membership for $4 (and how it helps with travel)
SlickDeals has a great deal for UPS My Choice Premium. Â For only $4, you can get 4 months of the membership. You can find the deal here. The regular (free) UPS membership includes: Delivery Alerts Delivery Planner Approximate Delivery Time Sign for Packages Online Delivery Instructions UPS My Choice Premium …
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9 October
United Allegedly Makes Woman Switch Seats Because Two Men Didn’t Want to Sit with a Woman
According to million-mile flyer, Mary Campos, United switched her from her pre-booked seat to another one to accommodate a request. It wasn’t a request to move a family together or to move an underaged person out of the exit row. Â The two men who were going to share the row …
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8 October
Man Jumps Out of Plane; Gets Stuck on Plane
This is crazy.  And possibly convincing me to never go sky diving.  (aside from the plummeting to earth part). A man jumped out of a plane and got caught on his way down. His friends in the plane had to cut him loose.  But the entire time, he had to …
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7 October
Airplane Appears to Bounce During Failed Landing Attempt Due to Crosswinds
Five points to the pilot on this one. Â Even though this footage is going to look scary, it looks like the pilot did the right thing in this situation. A pilot was landing a 737 in Prague when some crosswind struck. Â The airplane hit down hard and the pilot pulled …
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