Okay, so last weekend I was at the airport in Denver, waiting for my plane, taking advantage of the free wifi. Only, nothing’s free, and DIA pays for some of the cost of providing free wifi by displaying ads with every page you load. I did my American duty and clicked on some of the […]
This is for folk who travel into the United States — which also applies to U.S. residents who travel internationally. Bruce’s words are below:
So your best defence is to clean up your laptop. A customs agent can’t read what you don’t have. You don’t need five years’ worth of email and client data. You don’t […]
The New York Times’ article, Beating the Bushes for a Bargain Ticket, breaks down nine tips for finding cheap flight deals in today’s air travel world. A few of them are no-brainers, but heck, there’s a large no-brain market out there.
Here’s the Times’ advice, with my notes after:
Book Directly With The Airline
Sign Up For Private […]
Getting the seat you want may or may not be a big deal to you. That’s fine — if it is, this is a roundup of MSNBC’s article on how to get the best seat on an airplane:
Join a frequent flier program
Buy your tickets early
Consider purchasing a better seat
Select your seat when you book
Confirm your […]
The Baltimore Sun has a splendid article, If you check bags, read the airlines’ fine print, which covers what to do if you lose your luggage, what’s covered, stuff like that.
What it comes down to:
If something happens to your luggage, you have 24 to 48 hours to make your claim.
If something from your luggage […]
Wind shear scares the heck out of my mom. Turbulence too. Never mind that airplanes are one of the safest forms of transportation in humankind’s existence, if she’s not in or can’t see the driver’s seat, who knows what the heck is going on and where the heck they’re going.
And now, there’s Turbulence Forecast. Turbulence […]
The Associated Press reports on the best time to book flights:
The co-founder of Lessno.com, a Web site that offers international flights, says it does matter.
“Our experience with airlines has shown us that they update available seats around 12 a.m. Eastern time every day,” said Assen Vassilev, who is also the company’s CEO.
He added that weekend […]
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 […]
I saw David Sedaris last night, and he gave this nugget he got from flight attendants. At the end of flight the attendants come through to pick up garbage. When a flight / plane has been particularly rude / annoying / obnoxious, instead of saying “trash please,” some attendants will say “you’re trash.” Which sounds […]
MSNBC put together a list of the ten easiest airports in the U.S. to get to. Here’s how it breaks down:
Boston Logan
Washington Reagan National
San Francisco International
New York John F. Kennedy
Minneapolis-St.Paul International
Chicago O’Hare
Philadelphia International
Portland International
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Baltimore/Washington International
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