Ridiculous Travel Weekend – Day 1
Today was day one of my ridiculous weekend of travel. So far, so good, though there is still time for things to go wrong as...
Continental
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My most ridiculous trip ever (at least so far)
Early November is a strange time of year for the frequent flyer mileage obsessed. With just a few weeks remaining in the year the number...
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Updated info on LiveTV for Continental
At the beginning of the year Continental announced that they would be fitting out their entire domestic fleet with LiveTV, the system that JetBlue uses...
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United announces changes to Mileage Plus program
I haven’t yet figured out just how bad the changes are, but United seems to have pissed quite a few folks off today by announcing...
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Delta/Northwest merger clears major hurdle
The planned Delta buyout of Northwest cleared a significant hurdle this afternoon, with the US Department of Justice announcing that they had approved the plans....
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Upgrades all around for Delta and Northwest
Delta and Northwest took a pretty big step forward in the integration of the carriers’ frequent flyer programs today, offering upgrades to elites traveling on...
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About that carry-on bag
You know the one. The bag that you’ve had for years. The bag with hundreds of flights and hundreds of thousands of miles on it...
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Even Southwest makes a mistake every now and then
The roller coaster ride of fuel prices over the past 18 months has wreaked havoc on the airline industry, with many carriers going bankrupt, ceasing...
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AAmerican to buy 100 Boeing AAirplanes
Assuming that Boeing can ever figure out how to end the machinists strike that has shut down their assembly lines for the past 6 weeks,...
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Interesting article on “direct” flights
The Washington Times recently started a weekly travel column that seems to be stuff I’d write about. I’m actually a bit jealous that the guy...