Le Chic Geek

One of my favorite blogs, My Not So Humble Opinion, or [MNSHO] for short, hasn’t been posting for a while. It turns out this is because the author was working on a book. It has nothing to do with travel, but it is light-hearted, funny and, at times, has great …

You may have noticed that Tiff has been posting much more often than she has in the past.  We’ve “promoted” her from guest blogger to Contributing Writer. I figured it was worth introducing her again.  After all, her kids are older than when we last did that!  Tiff is a …

The Daily Herald has a great article on how flight attendants were a large driving force in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and specifically, its Title VII. The anecdotes in the article are pretty shocking: Dedicated to protecting the safety of others, Lake Barrington’s Shari Worrell …

How many times have you given up pursuing money you are owed just because it seems way too difficult? If I had to go through all the headaches Babs went through to get me a refund on my Priority Pass Select, I would have given up close the the beginning. Now …

One of the strangest part of doing expense reports for work trips are my taxi cab receipts. Everything else I do for work gets a professional looking, official receipt, whereas for taxis, I’m still handed a piece of photo copied paper to write in the amount I spent. For a …

A runway at the Gerald R. Ford was shut down for about fifteen minutes after a coyote played chicken with an airplane. From USA Today: Tara Hernandez, a spokeswoman for the Grand Rapids airport, tells WZZM that the incident forced the airport to suspend operations on the runway for about 15 …

According to ABC News 7, an American Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after some interior walls split apart. Their site has some photos of the wall splitting and the flight attendants checking it out. According to the article: After 45 minutes, the captain declared an emergency and …

The Flight Deal has an amazing deal up tonight.  Travel to Europe from the West Coast for less than $465. I love the team at the Flight Deal and I make sure I get all of their deals by text. As a reminder of how to do this: This process involves signing …

Here’s a giveaway with great odds to win.  $200 off your next hotel stay is not bad at all!  And all it takes is a comment. Kendra of Points & Pixie Dust is giving away a $200 voucher to Hotel Engine. Basically, Kendra reviewed Hotel Engine and received some questions …

According to Jack Nicas of the Wall Street Journal, the union that represents flight attendants is fighting to reinstate the electronics ban on take-off and landing. From the article:  The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA is suing the Federal Aviation Administration, saying the agency notice last year that paved the way …