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Colorado Winter Weather Alert (Last updated 10:25 pm MT 2/1/2012)
Due to the expected impact of a winter storm, Frontier Airlines has enacted the following guidelines for travel to/from or through Aspen, Colorado Springs, Denver and/or Steamboat (Hayden).

For all customers scheduled to travel February 2-3, 2012 who purchased tickets on or before February 1, 2012:

For customers en route/travel has already begun: You may make one itinerary change; rules and restrictions regarding standard change fees, advance purchase, day or time applications, blackouts, and minimum or maximum stay requirements have been waived. Origin and destination cities must remain the same. Changes must be made by midnight, February 3, 2012, and travel must be completed by February 10, 2012.

For customers who have not begun travel: You may make one change to your travel plans without a change fee by midnight, February 3, 2012. All rescheduled travel may be subject to higher fares if it does not meet original rule or booking class.

A Southwest Airlines plane runs into a light pole on the runway:

We’ll be hearing about this in March if it actually happens (“The giveaway is set to start in April if it receives final government approval in March.”): Japan may give away 10,000 flights.

February 2, 6, 9-13, 16-26, 27; March 19, 26; April 2, 9, 12, 16, 30, and May 7, 10, and 14.

Some bloggers think all they have to do is come up with a list of something, dear god, anything and people will link to them. Some bloggers are right.

Finding cheap flights online changes every year. We’ve been documenting these changes over the years here. And, now, to add to the list, here’s one blogger’s cheap flight strategy for 2012.

Southwest Airlines is reducing the amount of legroom on its planes from 32 inches to 31, Gizmodo writes:

Your legroom will decrease from 32 to 31 inches, and the pitch of the recline will decrease from 3 to 2 inches. The company is also outfitting its seats with thinner cushions cloaked in a fancy-sounding pleather.

But don’t worry! Southwest says that these changes will actually make seats more comfortable because Southwest is also making ergonomic improvements to their design.

United Airlines in Denver, trolling Steelers fans

File this under “If it weren’t an issue before, why are you doing this now?” The L.A. Times has the story, TSA to test its airport scanner operators for radiation exposure:

After years of rebuffing health concerns over airport scanners, the Transportation Security Administration plans to conduct new tests on the potential radiation exposure from the machines at more than 100 airports nationwide.

But the TSA does not plan to retest the machines or passengers. Instead, the agency plans to test its airport security officers to see if they are being exposed to dangerous levels of radiation while working with the scanners.