Welcome to summer; enjoy the parade
The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is the quintessential way to kick of the summer in New York City. Held every year on the first Saturday...
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Fly OpenSkies 2-4-1 this summer
I’ve posted about the new BA subsidiary OpenSkies previously. They’re looking to start flights from a number of European cities to New York to take...
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Behind the scenes at JetBlue’s new JFK T5 terminal
JetBlue has been working for several years on the construction of a new flagship terminal at JFK airport in New York, rebuilding TWA’s old T5...
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SilverJet closes up shop
The last operating all-premium carrier on the NYC-London route, SilverJet, has ceased operations as of this morning due to an inability to raise additional financing....
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Adapting to local dining customs
One of my favorite bits of travel is the different dining habits/customs of our destination. When in Spain, dinner is nice and late, following an...
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OpenSkies moves forward in their Open Skies efforts
OpenSkies, the British Airways subsidiary focusing on non-UK flights from the USA has received approval from the US Department of Transportation to begin selling tickets...
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7 Train service to the bottom of the ocean
The NYC MTA has released another batch of retired subway cars to be recycled as artificial reefs along the East coast of the United States....
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Layover wedding planning
The idea of a destination wedding is hardly a new concept. But what about a layover wedding?? That’s the question of the moment right now,...
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Avoiding change fees
A pretty significant amount of my obsession with flying and points focuses on making sure that I have elite status on the airline(s) I’m likely...
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JetBlue aborts LAX service
A couple months after huge fanfare announcement of new service from LAX, JetBlue has postponed the launch of the service from LAX indefinitely, citing high...