http://www.flight-club.org/blog Chat About Air Travel, business flight tips, and social networks Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2012/01/photo-southwest-airlines-plane-takes-out-light-pole-on-the-runway/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2012/01/photo-southwest-airlines-plane-takes-out-light-pole-on-the-runway/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:58:36 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=391 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2012/01/photo-southwest-airlines-plane-takes-out-light-pole-on-the-runway/feed/ 0 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2012/01/southwest-airlines-to-shave-an-inch-of-legroom-off/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2012/01/southwest-airlines-to-shave-an-inch-of-legroom-off/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:11:38 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=377 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2012/01/southwest-airlines-to-shave-an-inch-of-legroom-off/feed/ 0 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2009/03/southwest-airlines-rapping-flight-attendant-video/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2009/03/southwest-airlines-rapping-flight-attendant-video/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:35:07 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=209 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2009/03/southwest-airlines-rapping-flight-attendant-video/feed/ 1 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/05/this-could-be-a-first-airline-passenger-uses-cell-phone-on-plane-gets-ticketed/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/05/this-could-be-a-first-airline-passenger-uses-cell-phone-on-plane-gets-ticketed/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 18:30:03 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=195 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/05/this-could-be-a-first-airline-passenger-uses-cell-phone-on-plane-gets-ticketed/feed/ 0 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/share-your-complaints-about-southwest-airlines-here-and-see-what-other-people-have-to-say/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/share-your-complaints-about-southwest-airlines-here-and-see-what-other-people-have-to-say/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:54:49 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/share-your-complaints-about-southwest-airlines-here-and-see-what-other-people-have-to-say/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/share-your-complaints-about-southwest-airlines-here-and-see-what-other-people-have-to-say/feed/ 6 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/happy-about-southwest-airlines-share-your-experience-here/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/happy-about-southwest-airlines-share-your-experience-here/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:52:33 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/happy-about-southwest-airlines-share-your-experience-here/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/happy-about-southwest-airlines-share-your-experience-here/feed/ 0 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2007/11/how-to-find-out-why-your-flight-was-really-delayed/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2007/11/how-to-find-out-why-your-flight-was-really-delayed/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:00:22 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=143 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2007/11/how-to-find-out-why-your-flight-was-really-delayed/feed/ 0 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/11/southwest-airlines-cracks-down-on-mile-high-clubbing/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/11/southwest-airlines-cracks-down-on-mile-high-clubbing/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:40:07 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=109 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/11/southwest-airlines-cracks-down-on-mile-high-clubbing/feed/ 1 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/09/what-to-do-when-bumped-from-a-flight/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/09/what-to-do-when-bumped-from-a-flight/#comments Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:21:47 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=101 TheLobby.com): Tips and strategy on what to do when you don't make your flight.

1. Choose your airline wisely. Continental, JetBlue and Southwest are among airlines that re-book you manually, which puts your flight destiny in your hands (as in, whoever gets re-booked first, wins).
2. Call your airline or travel agency as soon as you know you got bumped.
3. Use the "Rule 240 transfer." This is a remnant from the pre-1978 world of air travel, when things were more regulated, and airlines sort of had to book you with another airline if you were bumped and the other airline could get you where you were going faster.

Read the article here.]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/09/what-to-do-when-bumped-from-a-flight/feed/ 0 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/people-are-flying-as-much-as-they-did-before-911-though-theyre-complaining-more/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/people-are-flying-as-much-as-they-did-before-911-though-theyre-complaining-more/#comments Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:13:33 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/people-are-flying-as-much-as-they-did-before-911-though-theyre-complaining-more/ Among the study's conclusions: • Southwest Airlines had the lowest rate of complaints, 0.18 per 100,000 passengers, while US Airways had the highest, 1.86. • ATA had the highest rate of denied boardings, 2.75 per 10,000 passengers; JetBlue had the lowest at 0. • AirTran had the best baggage handling rate, mishandling 3.43 bags per 1,000 passengers; and Atlantic Southeast had the worst, (mishandling 17.41 bags per 1,000 passengers. Read the article summarizing the report: Report: Airline delays, complaints on the upswing. Read the report itself ]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/people-are-flying-as-much-as-they-did-before-911-though-theyre-complaining-more/feed/ 0