I fly at least 100,000 miles a year, most of which is domestically. That adds up to a lot of flights. Booking all those flights, hotel rooms and rental cars is time-consuming and leads to the occasional snafu on my part. I joke that…
For those unaware, CLEAR was a program that pre-dated TSA PreCheck and allowed for a “skip the line pass”. You still needed to go through traditional security screening, but you were pushed to the front of the line. It started 2005-ish and perished about…
I’m not sure I wrote about Delta this many times in all of 2014….. It appears that Delta has wiped all saver award inventory for every destination for flights that depart within 3 weeks of booking. I received a comment from Nun on my…
Andrew Cuomo announced a competition that will start in 30 days for the public to submit new designs for LaGuardia and JFK airports. Seated beside him was Vice President Joe Biden, an intelligent politician in his own right, who frequently manages to stick his…
I don’t claim to be a renowned world traveler who’s been to every corner of the earth, but I feel like I’ve done a reasonable amount of exploration. Plenty of destinations have been worthy of a quick stop, though not likely to be a…
Uber is a great service. They make catching a cab an enjoyable experience. Except in those cities where the local authority believes customer choice is a bad thing. The airport authority that runs both Dulles and Reagan airports (MWAA) is not only crooked but generally…
I blogged last week that Dulles Airport had announced the arrival of TSA Pre-Check. At that time, they told me that the actual security checkpoint would open as a regular checkpoint upstairs a few days later and Pre-Check would arrive on September 25th. Unfortunately,…
I just went through the former Dulles Diamond checkpoint downstairs at IAD. I miss the Clear line and the Dulles Diamond line. This security entrance became not-so-secret over the last year. But, things appear to be getting better. First, the closure. The former Dulles…