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Real life has gotten in the way, but I do still have the three hotel reviews in the pipeline. However today I've decided to share a little find with you that I found at a local dollar store.
Yes, this is a real Air Canada wine glass. Although my airline is United, Air Canada is my favorite airline in North America, and I fly them every chance I get. I've been fortunate enough to get upgraded a couple of times on some of their short haul flights to and from ...
Real life has intervened lately, so I haven't done that much travel to talk about. However, I am attending an event at the Charlotte Convention Center (NC) this weekend and this trip is providing an excellent chance to try out some different properties in hotel programs which I do not have many points, and yet still experience some of their unique properties. ...
Today United announced that beginning June 15, there are going to be some major changes in fees related to reward travel. For the most part, this is aligning the award fees of United and Continental, and is Mileage Plus adopting the award ticketing fees of OnePass with some minor exceptions. The bad news is that United is restoring the close-in ticketing fee. However the rest of the changes are actually quite positive for United elites. I'm going to give a ...
It seems that this past month has been a big month for air traffic controllers being cought sleeping on the job. So far there have been three incidents of solo controllers falling asleep on the job. Just this morning, a plane had to land unassisted at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Unlike many people, I can not lay most of the blame on the individual controllers. While they do share in the blame, the issue is with the system itself.
Working in the technology ...
US Airways finally realized they were uncompetitive with the other legacy carriers. Until now they have avoided any real investment in their domestic product, and have even been stripping benefits and service from their domestic fleet (remember, they did not offer glassware for domestic First Class drink service). However the month of April brought about a quiet change until they announced their grand plans at their media day.
The first change that was effective April 1, ...
There are many of us that have issues with the current security theatre surrounding the TSA and its search procedures. However this week was the source of one of the most outrageous statements about the power of the TSA and its ability to search any and all passengers. In court the lawyer for the TSA declared that they have the power to strip search all airline passengers without comment or hearings beforehand.
It is this arrogance that causes people to ...
