Though pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point, the AMR bankruptcy judge officially signed off on the antitrust settlement between American Airlines/US Airways and the DOJ. I had seen an interesting graphic the Wall Street Journal prepared a few weeks ago but forgot…
Starwood Preferred Guest has announced it’s 1st quarter 2014 promo, Bring On The Nights: The promo calls for a 2,500 point bonus for every 5 nights up to a total of 25 nights. If you hit 25 nights, SPG will award you…
Clearing customs is a fairly standard part of entering Mexico, whether for business or pleasure. But, in most cases, it’s usually after you get to your destination. If a group of investors have their way, you’ll be able to walk across a bridge from…
It was just a week ago when American Airlines announced a new Facebook promo, and I’ll admit I was interested despite my dinosaur ways when it comes to social media. They announced they were giving away some portion of 3.21 Million AAdvantage miles. Essentially,…
You gotta love Google. Every once in a while I cruise through my search terms just to see how people find their way to my blog. A couple days ago I saw “drunk chinease moms” (yes, misspelled). It popped up again, slightly differently as…
It was a fun 12+ hours yesterday watching folks react to the news that a travel website (OTA) in Norway was selling dirt cheap tickets on United Airlines by way of the fact that they weren’t adding fuel surcharges to any flights. Personally, I…
Here’s the link. Here’s the skinny: You’re booking a ticket on a Norwegian travel site. They’re currently not applying fuel surcharges. Fuel surcharges are a significant portion of some international tickets and when someone forgets to load the surcharges correctly there are great deals…
A bunch of folks have written about the FCC’s decision to consider (again) the use of cell phones on planes for voice calls. I had initially decided I wasn’t going to write about it despite having strong feelings, mostly because I didn’t think…
What do you do when you land one of the world’s biggest airplanes at the wrong airport? According to the audio, the Dreamlifter pilots can be heard saying to the McConnell control tower: “Ahh, yes sir, we just landed at the other airport.” Not…
The Boeing machinists union rejected a new contract offer from Boeing just about a week ago. I was actually in the camp that thought they would accept the offer, though probably not by a wide margin. Instead, they soundly rejected it by a margin…
