I read an article of View From The Wing describing how a passenger who arrived 50 minutes before his flight time was denied check in privileges and then had his ticket cancelled. The quick story was this passenger at Orlando Melbourne Airport arrived for an American Airlines Flight 50 minutes before his flight’s scheduled departure. […]
Interesting Question of the Day: Is an airline responsible if someone steals your carryon from the overhead bin? Recently on the Delta Reddit page, a passenger had her carry-on taken by another passenger. It seems that this other passenger took her bag by accident and he left his bag instead. In the end, they will
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For flying veterans, once you understand the airline rule for flying with kids, it becomes second nature. The real challenge is for the first time parents who travel. It is always a challenge to fly with children especially with infants. The logistics themselves can be daunting. It is always amazing how much stuff and gear
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We were on a trip to a Marriott property in Mexico and we were offered a significant discount on our trip if we sat through a 90-minute timeshare presentation. As you would expect, they pitched it as a great financial opportunity to enjoy a vacation at a discount rate. Our sales rep even said that
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An interesting story was posted on the Marriott Reddit page relating to a hotel trying to incentivize its guest to check out early (by 10:00 AM). This Marriott Hotel offered between 1,000 and 3,000 points if you agreed to check out early. Marriott Bonvoy points have a value of $.008 per point so that equates
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I found on the Marriott Reddit page, a story about Hilton offering the option for $10 to reserve a room far from the elevator or close to the elevator. I was thinking this is some joke on Hilton since it was on the Marriott page. But a found a post on a Hilton page from
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We saw on Gate Access that the TSA will be phasing out the requirement to remove your show to go through the security check points at airports. Gate Access believes the coming change is due to politics, not security. Following complaints from Congress, TSA is making changes to expedite screening. Hopefully, for their sake to
TSA Update: New Rule in the Making, No Need to Remove Your Shoes at Security Read More »
As I compile my bucket list of things to do, some travel ideas came up including flying in the most luxurious manner. Private jets are great but they are not typically the best option for trips to Asia, the Middle East or other travels more than 10 hours. Typically, you need to take a commercial
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We have all been on some form of public transportation when the person next to you wants to have a conversation. While it is nice to meet someone new and learn a bunch of things about that person’s life, you are under no obligation to have a conversation with your seatmate. Most of the times,
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I doubt this question ever came up with Emily Post but we figured we would try to attack this question. We all know how stressful air travel can be. Headaches include overcrowded airports, planes, delays and airlines treating their passengers like cattle. Add to these issues are that airlines started to limit their perks like
