The delicate work of a sommelier has become more important as U.S. airlines fight for premium passengers willing to shell out up to thousands of dollars to fly business class on international and transcontinental flights. The idea isn’t to make money on the wine — the passengers in those seats drink for free — but [...]
Someone put together this nifty collection of photos of airline stickers — most from a long time ago. Here are the thumbnails, you can see the rest of the airline sticker photos here.
This American Airlines horror story comes courtesy of the comments on the (quite active) American Airlines complaint thread here:
As of last night, American Airlines has managed to lose my bag for the third time in 2 months! Twice in 2 weeks!! Counter people at airport don’t try to help you. They barely even look at [...]
An astute commenter today pointed out:
Quit acting like airlines needs to treat you like something special; you are only paying for a public bus ride in the sky
They have a point. Faceless corporations are awful easy to demonize — I mean, they don’t have a face, you’ve got that demon-mask in hand, one thing leads [...]
This is the first in a series of posts to harness the desire of people on the internet to have their load, complaining voice heard. If you came here with a beef about American Airlines’ service, its punctual nature, the pilots, the flight attendants, the ticket prices, the seats, whatever — you’ve come to the [...]
The Consumerist blog figured out that while airlines may lie and waffle on the reasons your flight is delayed, they tell the truth to their cargo clients. And they also have a special website that tells what the reason for the delays are, for those cargo-fare folk. These are the cargo websites for the major [...]
They call it a “consumer guide to better airline travel,” and answer such questions as:
Which are the best seats in on United Airlines? (answer)
Which first class seats are good in American Airlines? (answer)
What is the seat legroom for British Airways 747-400? (answer)
» Get more air travel tips here.
» Check out their information on seat deals, [...]
Okay okay, they don’t want to, they will. At least on their regional carrier, American Eagle. But that’s okay. It’s an experiment: If it works, they expand the program. They expand it to American Airlines, they expand it to charging for pillows, they turn flying in the states into an a la carte experience. I mean, that’s how the cheap airlines do it in Europe. And it’s good to see airlines experimenting with their revenue models. Now, about that free liquor on domestic flights …
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