Travelocity is offering $100 off Flight & Hotel packages booked before 3/14/2014 with the promo code TOTALTRIP. The total package price must exceed $1,000 and (unfortunately) does not include Vegas packages. The trip must be four nights long. Â I’m in the process of booking a family trip for multiple people …
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Brussels Air to Fly All-Female Crew on Saturday
Brussels Air is flying an all-female crew on Saturday in recognition of International Women’s Day. The crew will be aboard the 10:30am Brussels-JFK route. From USA Today: The carrier says the initiative was spearheaded by its female pilots and flight attendants, “who have been playing an important at the airline …
Read More »Airplane! is on BluRay for $5
I might be a little obsessed with Airplane!.  Might. So I was really excited to see the BluRay on Amazon for $5 today. How obsessed with Airplane! am I?  Check out these previous posts: Zero Hour!: The History of the Movie Airplane! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and “Striker†Reprise Roles from …
Read More »Five Great Video Games for $1 (or Eight for $6)
I’ve mentioned that I have an obsession with Plants vs. Zombies. Â PvZ is made by a company called PopCap, which makes a lot of games I like. PopCap is this week’s featured “Humble Bundle”. What’s a Humble Bundle? Basically, Humble Bundle is a set of games that you can set …
Read More »Laptop Bag Suggestions Welcome!
So, I’ve been the sort of person who has paid a lot of attention to what my laptop bag looks like and not how it functions. I’ve been using one of those cross laptop-tote bags. Â Not good for the shoulder. Soooo…., I tore my rotator cuff. Â (NOT RECOMMENDED). My doctor …
Read More »Is it Worth it to Get the Disney Dining Plan?
For those of us who love to plan, a blogger by the nom de plume of Seeya Reel Soon has come up with the ultimate Disney Dining Plan guide. It does not only help you estimate whether or not the plan is worth it, it also helps you decide which …
Read More »Watch Out for Flights Repricing on US Airways
I just wanted to let you know that flights have been pricing oddly on US Airways. Â This is especially true for American Airlines flights booked through US Airways, but I’ve seen it on US Airways flights too. The flights will state one price per leg. Â Then after you select your …
Read More »Is the Three-Hour Rule to Blame for this Winter’s Flight Cancellations?
Joe Sharkey of the New York Times says it isn’t: What’s more, this winter’s weather has been notably severe — indicating that a good number of the cancellations since mid-December had less to do with the three-hour rule than with conditions so bad an airplane was not going to take …
Read More »Over 1,500 Flights Preemptively Cancelled for Tomorrow’s Winter Storm
1,500 flights have already been cancelled given the storms hitting the East Coast and Midwest tomorrow. From USA Today: Airlines had already preemptively canceled more than 1,500 of Monday’s flights as of 4:40 p.m. ET on Sunday, according to FlightAware. The bulk of Monday’s cancellations – so far – came …
Read More »The Worst Film Scenes to Be an Airline Passenger In
IGN has a round up of clips from the worst flights to be a passenger on in movie history.  Check them out here! I was pleased to see that both Zero Hour! and its comedy child, Airplane! both made the list. Check out the history of Zero Hour! and Airplane! here. The list includes situations ranging …
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