random segments
It takes a lot to really irritate me in domestic segment flying. I can deal with kids, inhumane conditions on the plane, and just about anything else, but even with that I do have a breaking point. A passenger doing one annoying thing while not OK, is managable, but when they start doing multiple things it gets to be too much, especially on the smaller regional jets. After my flight this afternoon, I really need to vent after being seated next to a horrible passenger ...
Airlines have already elevated avoiding a human being to an art form. As elites, we know how to do just about anything with the airline without invoking a human being. While we do use them to sometimes get around the system, our interactions are no longer necessary to get from point a to point b. Especially when our upgrades do not clear on short flights, we may not even talk to any airline employees. We check-in online or at the airport, at some airports we scan our ...
Many of us here are unhappy with the invasion of privacy brought about by the TSA and their full body imaging machines. Although they have assured us that the images will not be saved, one of the requirements for the machines is that they have such a capability. Over the past holiday season, this outrage reached a boiling point. Even though the TSA has been ignoring these protests, and instead attempting to test a "friendly" modification to these machines so ...
I've got some personal business up in New York City in a couple of weeks, and that brings me to the matter of where to stay. While for work trips I have spent quite a bit on hotels, I am a complete cheapskate when it comes to purchasing hotel nights for myself, and New York City rates offend all of my sensibilities (I was conditioned to only paying $124 CAD a night for the InterContinental in a prime location) and because of this, I will be using a hotel redemption for the ...
The TSA is the subject of much ire from travelers all across the country. Many have threatened to sue them and Homeland Security for the needless invasions of privacy they are subjecting more and more travelers to every single day. Most of these travelers have low profile and so the suits can be made to easily disappear through making it such a miserable experience that nobody wants to give up their life to deal with. Unfortunately for Homeland Security, they may have ...
As we are coming to the end of January, it is time to look toward those programs where I did not renew my status at the same levels as I did the year before, and a little discussion as to the reasons.
Delta
In some ways, I am committing a major sin for someone who was born and raised in Atlanta. I have abandoned Delta. However, this divorce was set even before this past year. The decision to abandon Delta was made in June 2009. I was living in ...
