Flight Blog » Trends 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 Wired (and more expensive) passports start this month in the U.S. http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/08/wired-and-more-expensive-passports-start-this-month-in-the-us/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/08/wired-and-more-expensive-passports-start-this-month-in-the-us/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:06:47 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=96 Citizens who get new passports can expect to pay a lot more. New ones issued under this program will cost $97, which includes a $12 security surcharge added last year. Not all new passports will contain the technology until it's fully rolled out -- a process expected to take a year. Existing passports without the electronic chips will remain valid until their normal expiration date. Read the full article at wired.com ]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/08/wired-and-more-expensive-passports-start-this-month-in-the-us/feed/ 0 Should air travel be free? http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/should-air-travel-be-free/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/should-air-travel-be-free/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:36:29 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=81 Michael O'Leary, Chief Executive of Ireland's Ryanair (Research), Europe's most profitable airline, wants to make air travel free. Not free as in free from regulation, but free as in zero cost. By the end of the decade, he promises, "more than half of our passengers will fly free." The remarkable thing is, few analysts think his prediction is far-fetched: Ryanair already offers free fares to a quarter of its customers. Read the article: A radical fix for airlines: Make flying free]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/04/should-air-travel-be-free/feed/ 1 European airlines consider RFID for luggage http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/01/european-airlines-consider-rfid-for-luggage/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/01/european-airlines-consider-rfid-for-luggage/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:40:16 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/01/european-airlines-consider-rfid-for-luggage/ unlike private companies, like in the United States). Lost-luggage compensation costs in Europe are about to mushroom with the introduction of new laws that triple the potential "refund" for lost luggage (to 1,200 euros). This makes RFID tags on held luggage is an attractive solution, basically because data stored electronically is harder to mess up. » Read the article: Airlines eye up RFID tagging » Related Post: Reduce your chance of lost luggage ]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/01/european-airlines-consider-rfid-for-luggage/feed/ 0 Join Flight Club! We make air travel exciting. http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/08/join-flight-club-we-make-air-travel-exciting/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/08/join-flight-club-we-make-air-travel-exciting/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:48:30 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/07/join-flight-club-we-make-air-travel-exciting/ Registration takes about a minute and you can do it at this page. It's free, it's a fun site, uh huh oh yeah.]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/08/join-flight-club-we-make-air-travel-exciting/feed/ 0 Soon, Space Club: Galactic Tourism (also, the sweetest job on the planet) http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/08/soon-space-club-galactic-tourism-also-the-sweetest-job-on-the-planet/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/08/soon-space-club-galactic-tourism-also-the-sweetest-job-on-the-planet/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:26:32 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/07/soon-space-club-galactic-tourism-also-the-sweetest-job-on-the-planet/ the article on the topic:
  • Only 450 humans have been in outer space
  • 4000 pilots applied for the 75 jobs available to steer the space craft. Oh man would that not be the sweetest job on the planet? "By day, I pilot space craft. By night ... "
]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/08/soon-space-club-galactic-tourism-also-the-sweetest-job-on-the-planet/feed/ 0 Another airline customer service story http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/07/ah-continental/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/07/ah-continental/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:45:33 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/07/ah-continental-are-you-re-thinking-your-customer-service-yet/ Another airline squanders a customer service opportunity Now that customers can broadcast their complaints across the internet I wonder if that's changing how major corporations think about customer service.]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/07/ah-continental/feed/ 7 Gay Travel: More book flights online http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/05/gay-travel-more-book-flights-online/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/05/gay-travel-more-book-flights-online/#comments Mon, 02 May 2005 21:42:32 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/05/gay-travel-more-book-flights-online/ hotelmarketing.com
While fully 35 percent of heterosexual respondents said they don’t book travel online, fewer than one in five (18%) GLB respondents said they did not.
]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/05/gay-travel-more-book-flights-online/feed/ 0 Double beds on planes! (Cell phones too) http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/04/double-beds-on-planes-cell-phones-too/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/04/double-beds-on-planes-cell-phones-too/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:37:01 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/04/double-beds-on-planes-cell-phones-too/ This writer isn't as enthusiastic about the prospect of double beds in first class travel as I am. She thinks it flies in the face of public decency. I think people ought to be given a choice, and considering the wealth of airline options available, heck, it's no big deal. ]]> http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2005/04/double-beds-on-planes-cell-phones-too/feed/ 1