I've got a reader question that I wrote a response to, and after writing a long response, I decided it might be appropriate for everyone. Bakersfield Ramin writes...

Hey There!

So I'm in Dallas now, and i fly back to Los Angeles every 2-3 weeks, and I figured that American Airlines flies out a lot from DFW - so I'd use them. I signed up w/ their Citibank card for the miles. They gave me about 40,000 miles for spending 2k in the first 6 months and 1 mile for every dollar I ...

 There is a long history of both the TSA and private citizens testing the limits of the security checkpoints at the airport.  I've even known one of the more infamous private citizens to do so in the TSA's existence.  Supposedly the new full body scanners which are extremely invasive are supposed to detect such items, and others such as firearms so that the flying public is safe (at least that is how the Department of Homeland Security has been able to pacify the majority of ...

Hyatt Hotels has a 50% off sale at 22 hotels through Wednesday, Feb 9.

This is being promoted on individual hotel websites, Twitter and Facebook.

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Full details about the sale here!

Here are some of the Hotels you can enjoy at 50% off: (there is no published ...

(written at 35,000 ft. on AA flt. 2, LAX-JFK)

I was pleasantly surprised to read a blog post this morning from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Sky Talk Blog, which covers the airline industry (especially airline industry news related to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, which explains why the blog has a place in my RSS feed).

The blog post itself was nice enough — reporting the surprising news that airline passenger satisfaction has actually risen for the first time in three ...

My wife spent the past few days in Florida visiting family, and was scheduled to return to LAX today, FLL-DFW-LAX. Her itinerary had her on flight 697 from FLL to DFW.

When she got to the airport today, she found that flight 697 had a pretty long mechanical delay. At the Priority AAccess check-in counter, the AAgent immediately rebooked her on a non-stop MIA-LAX flight and arranged to get her on a shuttle (paid for by AA) to MIA. My wife didn't ask for this to happen. She did indeed ...

Today, a DFW-LHR flight was met by Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets and received permission for a priority approach at Heathrow. Was there some VIP aboard the flight? Nope. From the Telegraph:

The Typhoons, from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, went to assist an American Airlines Boeing 767 heading for London from Dallas/Forth Worth in Texas following reports of a woman passenger trying to get on to the flight deck. 
The Typhoons returned to base when it was realised ...