The idiocy of change fees
Actually, I don’t really bemoan change fees too much. I understand (as much as any mere mortal can understand the vagaries of airline Revenue Management)...
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Need a runway? Buy an airport.
When NetJets started seeing increasing service to Europe recently, they realized that there were just some airports that were not so accessible. Frankfurt was a...
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American Airlines to “Remember” their passengers
When I read the news about the change this morning I honestly thought, “It is about time!” American Airlines has implemented a system – nicknamed...
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Wandering into the Wall Street Journal
For those of you who read the WSJ, there’s an article in the Weekend Journal section of tomorrow’s print edition that talks about the changing...
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Losing weight, travel style
Losing six pounds has never felt so good. I’ve made two notable changes in my travel kit over the past couple weeks and I have...
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I’m not the only person who went to Trinidad & Tobago for 36 hours
There may not be a lot of folks like me out there in the world but I am not the only person who went to...
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Take a hammer to your new passport
Seriously. If you get a new one with the RFID chip, you should strongly consider taking a hammer to it so as to disable the...
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Laying low in Tobago
First off, a bit of a pronunciation lesson, as I got it wrong for most of the trip. The middle syllable of Tobago rhymes with...
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A bumpy start to a vacation
And I’m not talking about the light chop that our plane has been experiencing for the first two hours of the flight down to Trinidad. ...
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Mark your calendars
October 24, 2009 is the last date that Continental Airlines will be a member of the SkyTeam alliance. This date was noted in today’s earnings...