Leave it to Spirit Airlines to poke fun at the Secret Service scandal with a "more bang for your buck" sale.
Spirit is concurrently running a "More Bang for Your Buck!" sale on $19.80 flights to Cartagena, Colombia, where several Secret Service agents allegedly spent a night in a lavish hotel with local escorts ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to the Summit of the Americas. ("Upfront payment is required," Spirit warns.)
Don't forget to bring extra ...
To be honest, I did not even know what a rage comic was until I looked it up this evening, but I sure got a kick out of this (click on it):
The funny thing is, the comic is astoundingly accurate. Here's what I don't understand--United has done a great job on MilePoint and Flyertalk of keeping frequent flyers updated and even addressing some individual questions and concerns, but I do wonder where Jeff Smisek has been throughout this very rocky ...
A great brouhaha is going on right now in the City of Brotherly Love over the proposed expansion of Philadelphia International Airport. Not surprisingly, US Airways (which currently holds a dominant position in Philadelphia) wants to keep it that way and opposes expansion.
Click here to read a leaked memo sent by US Airways CEO Doug Parker to his employees on the project. Here's an excerpt:
Memo: To US Airways employees
From: Doug Parker, Chairman and ...
Alec Baldwin is such a jerk. But this video is hilarious:
For those of you unfamilar with what happened, Baldwin was tossed off an AA flight last week after repeatdly ignoring FA requests to turn off his electronic equipment. Here's a bit of background info:
Passenger Steve Weiss, who was sitting across the isle from Baldwin, described the scene.
"Apparently he said he was playing a game, but he was actually talking on the phone. She [the flight attendant] ...
I've written before about untied.com, the site that allows disgruntled United (and now Continental) passengers to post complaints about their expeirence. The sight recently got a facelift, humorously now resembling the current United.com homepage.
Whenever I need a laugh, I go to untied.com to read some of the passenger complaints. Some of them are legit, but most are laughably ridiculous, like this one:
We booked this flight for 2 ...
Stop the presses! Stop the presses! The Wall Street Journal brings us this groundbeaking accomplishment of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA):
NEWARK, N.J. — A Transportation Security Administration screener at a New Jersey airport spotted a knife concealed in a carry-on bag.
The TSA says the screener was operating the X-ray machine at a security checkpoint at Newark-Liberty International Airport on Sunday when the screener saw the knife in the zippered ...
