Tag Archives: weird travel news

A man surprised his girlfriend with a round the world trip–but broke up soon after. Now he’s offering a free ticket around the world to anyone with her name, Elizabeth Gallagher. From the Daily Mail:  Taking off on December 21 from New York’s JFK International Airport, the 18-day whirlwind trip …

A Norwegian Air Shuttle was delayed for five hours when a mouse insisted on taking a turn in the cockpit. While it doesn’t seem that bad, a mouse could eat through important wiring–as I learned in May when my house got a case of mice. Reuters has the whole scoop. I …

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 …

Thank you to Business Insider for linking to this amazing advertisement for a travel agency in Scotland. I’m not sure what I love more–the man doing a flip in the pink and black bicycle shorts who is supposed to be one of the women or the creepy Disney scene. I’m …

I feel like this has been a week of unreal travel news stories.  I’ll let this tweet speak for itself: “Ladies and gentlemen your flight is delayed b/c a box of live crabs spilled out in the cargo bin during flight” @USAirways how is this real — Anna Scarcella (@Cscarcella) …

In the category of news I can’t make up, flights to Alaska have been rerouted due to a large (35,000) crowd of walruses. The sad part is the reason why the flights are being rerouted.  Apparently, if they are spooked enough, they can trample each other. From the Guardian: Until …

When you travel a ridiculous amount per year, ridiculous things are going to happen.  I’ve had quite a few. Probably my biggest WTF moment ever was when someone volunteered to give my seat away. People were looking to switch seats on the airplane to sit next to each other and a …

American Express currently has a promotion where you can receive 20% more points if you make twenty or more purchases.  And their spokesperson for that is Tina Fey. Except Tina Fey apparently doesn’t know how to use a credit card.  (Therefore, is missing out on bonuses plus is ripping off the stores). …

There are some images that can make even the most frequent of flyers shiver.  Like this one: Whelp folks, looks like we’re going to have to turn back. This photo is courtesy of this thread on reddit and the comments include some interesting commentary from real pilots and, well, some …