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Why Are Hotel Rooms Airlines Give You On Overnight Delays So Bad?
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You may have to wait in long lines (with all other passengers) to get the room – if you can get an employee to help you, and if the systems they use have any rooms to offer. And when you finally get the room that’s being offered, it may not be up to y…
What’s Really Gong On At The Charlotte Admirals Club
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The main Admirals Club in Charlotte is closed for renovations. Some travelers had hopes this would mean improving the club, still in US Airways-style, but it doesn’t. American – which has been somewhat cagey about the work that’s happening – says the …
This Marriott Hotel Assesses A Fee To Cover Property Tax Debt When Members Redeem Points
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The Marriott Courtyard Jefferson City in Missouri adds $4.90 onto award bookings, and that’s strange since the hotel doesn’t have a resort or destination fee. The website doesn’t tell you what this fee is for. But it’s really quite interesting – and ga…
Is TripAdvisor Still Relevant?
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How do you determine what hotel to book in a city you’ve never been, where there aren’t chain hotels you’re used to staying at or where you aren’t familiar with the particular properties? Let’s assume it’s a hotel and not a home rental you’re looking …
Amazon Co-Owns Airline That Deports – And Allegedly Tortures – Migrants
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Help Out A Cancer-Stricken 27 Year Old Flight Attendant
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27 year old Miami-based American Airlines flight attendant Tori Panopoulos has breast cancer and is scheduled for a double mastectomy on March 1. She has a GoFundMe and is looking to raise $10,000 because of the time she’ll need to take off for treatme…
Help Out A Cancer-Stricken 27 Year Old Flight Attendant
Written by View from the Wing @ BoardingArea
27 year old Miami-based American Airlines flight attendant Tori Panopoulos has breast cancer and is scheduled for a double mastectomy on March 1. She has a GoFundMe and is looking to raise $10,000 because of the time she’ll need to take off for treatme…
Star Alliance Lounge LAX Now Offers Pay-In Access
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The Star Alliance lounge at LAX is no longer limited to business and first class passengers and Star Gold elites on Star Alliance airline flights (and other airline eligible passengers such as Air Tahiti Nui passengers in business class). Instead, you …
Hotel Owner Keeps Threatening To Sue Guests Who Leave Negative Reviews
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A year and a half ago an American in Thailand was taken to jail for writing a bad review of a hotel on TripAdvisor. He spent a couple of nights in jail on charges of defamation. Under pressure of public outrage, the hotel finally dropped charges.
Arou…
How Aircraft Deicing Works
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Texas Attorney General Sues To Overturn Federal Airline Mask Mandate
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The Attorney General of Texas is suing the Biden administration to overturn the transportation mask mandate. He’s got strong legal arguments, but the timing is suspect. He’s waited until it’s close to no longer mattering, while running for re-election…
This Aviation Game Is The Most Offensive Thing You Can Imagine
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Beyond Supersonic, Elon Musk’s One Hour Transpacific Flights [Roundup]
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I’m Strangely Fascinated By The Skills This Awful Passenger Displays
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I’m strangely fascinated by a business class passenger who flew Delta from Turks & Caicos to New York JFK on Monday evening, February 14. You’ll see the passenger with feet up on the bulkhead.
Where it really gets interesting is the dexterity with…
Florida Woman On Motorized Suitcase Leads Police On Chase Through Orlando Airport (Video)
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A 32 year old woman at the Orlando airport allegedly became intoxicated, caused “a disturbance” at her departure gate, and – after being refused boarding by her airline – led police on a chase through while riding a motorized suitcase. After a police o…
Chase Opens New Lounge In The Metaverse
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For many years Chase operated a pop up lounge around at the holidays for United Explorer cardmembers at the Mall at Short Hills, New Jersey. They wanted to be where there customers are.
Coming soon is a network of Chase airport lounges co-branded with …
Delta Passenger Causes Inflight Incident So He’d Go Viral On Social Media With Anti-Vax Rant
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A man on a Delta Air Lines Salt Lake City – Portland flight on Friday removed the plastic covering from the emergency exit handle on his aircraft and tried to pull it. He wasn’t going to actually succeed in opening the exit door of the pressurized cabi…
Wide Open Business Class Award Space On Singapore Airlines Non-Stop Flights From Both Coasts
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Singapore Airlines is offering business class saver awards on its non-stop flights between the U.S. and Singapore out of New York JFK, Newark, and San Francisco for at least two passengers through much of the year.
You’ll find the space form now throug…
Hertz Presidents Club Elite Member Sitting In Jail Due To False Police Report
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Apparently your elite status will not protect you. A customer, currently sitting in jail, wasn’t even status matched or given status from a credit card. He’s spent $15,000 with Hertz during the pandemic.
While this isn’t a foolproof strategy, I’ve imp…