Strategies for Managing the Airline Seat Wars
It is no secret that the competitive rigors of Wall Street and fierce battle for those top end bonuses are pitting tortured flyers against greedy airline companies in a conflict that seems to have no bottom in sight. Where tracking luggage, kinder/gentler reservations managers and on time performance numbers ruled policy until just a few […]
Latest Flight Ban: Toss the Tablet, Too?
The United States announced a new rule that bans bigger-than-a-smartphone electronics from the airline cabin on certain flights to the United States — including laptops, tablets and cameras. The rules apply to flights from 10 airports in Middle Eastern and North Africa. The government has attributed the new security measure to concerns about bombs. The […]
UAL: Newest Member of the Free-to-Fee Club
Take a good look at what you’re carrying next time you get on a United Airlines flight … and weep. Those freewheeling days of taking your carry-on bags aboard your flight are soon to hit a wall. United Airlines recently joined Frontier Airlines, Allegiant Air, and Spirit Airlines in their practice of charging for every […]
Terminal Insanity: Airports to Avoid this Holiday
With millions of Americans traveling over for the holidays, it is no surprise that the days leading up to and after the holidays are among the busiest of the year for airports. If you have to fly you have to fly but if you can avoid these airports during holiday travel, all the better.
Breezing Through International Airport Immigration
Been through airport immigration lately? Even if you are a US citizen you’re not immune from penetrating eyeballs, the fishing questions and the lengthy line treatment when coming into the country from abroad. It’s not supposed to be fun, but depending on the confluence of random factors, such as where you’ve been, what you […]
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