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I've had a major change in my life, and that change actually had me considering changing to Delta as my airline of choice, since I am now based in Atlanta. However, a Delta incident last night proved to be the last straw in my consideration of Delta, and will only switch to them when forced to by my new employer (which fortunately has an agreement with UA).
While I'm sure everybody has seen the DL Connection flight hit by the A380. While that is a scary incident, it ...
As I talked about earlier this year, the TSA was testing the use of generic outlines for the full body imaging machines. Today the TSA announced this test was a success and would be rolled out to all 40 airports that use the Millimeter Wave scanning machines and they will begin testing generic outlines on the Backscatter machines later this year. While we may wish for these machines to disappear completely, that can not be realistically expected in the current political ...
Ok, I'm not going to have a full review of the hotels that I stayed in for TBEX mainly because I was too tired when visiting (see my crazy weekend for why), and because quite honestly, neither of the properties stood out to me.
Holiday Inn Express Vancouver Metrotown
Check-in was fairly straightforward, upgrade to the executive floor, and the room was a standard Holiday Inn Express room, except for the fact that there were bathrobes in the closet area, with the old HIX logo. ...
Last week a man successfully boarded a JFK-LAX Virgin America flight lacking proper ID and a boarding pass for a previous flight from another passenger. To summarize the story, he accumulated boarding passes, and then presented a pass for a previous flight from another passenger, and was able to negotiate his way on the flight. He was not caught until other passengers complained about his smell and the flight attendants checked the manifest. He was detained at LAX, but ...
In my travels, especially on business trips, I make an effort to explore the city I'm in. If you have ever been to a large city, you have probably seen the crazy busses driving around town from various touring companies offering hop-on hop-off tours of the city. Prior to TBEX, I had never taken one of these because I refused to pay the prices they were charging. As an attendee of TBEX, I was given a special Vancouver Tourism Pass which permitted me to do some of the special ...
Many of the hardcore mileage runners will tell you they do not check a bag. It decreases your chances of getting a bump, causes problems, and delays you getting home or to your hotel. Some even consider checking bags a sin to be avoided at all costs. All of these are valid complaints. However, I have not come to that philosophy, and in fact prefer to check a bag over trying to carry everything on. Yes, there is a risk to delaying your bag (like I experienced most ...
