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 […]
American Automobile Association (AAA) released its annual press release discussing the Independence Day holiday travel information. Lots of good information in this press release. First, 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home during the holiday week period (June 28th to July 6th). This represents an increase of 1.7 million
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Our friends at View From The Wing reported on a good feeling story. The story is about a mother and daughter who were headed from Montana to Orlando to see their dying father (and grandfather). As anyone who has been to Kalispell knows, you cannot fly to many places from their regional airport. If you
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Our friends at 404 Media discovered multiple airlines have been pooling travelers’ data and selling it to the US Government. The way it works is that the major US airlines (including Delta, Southwest, United, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, and European airlines Lufthansa and Air France, and Canada’s Air Canada) set up a that a
I was recently at the airport and I saw a luggage wrapping machine. I was intrigued on why people would pay between $20 and $30 to wrap their luggage in plastic wrap. I could understand if it were bubble wrap. Because who does not love bubble wrap. Especially when you remove it and get to
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From our friends at SF Gate, TSA approves the mobile passport in certain airports. This supplements the mobile ID’s that the TSA started accepting last year. The great thing is that with a mobile ID (either a state drivers’ license or your passport), you can pass through airport security and these id’s are REAL ID
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We just learned that Silver Airways, the quirky, fuchsia-liveried airline ceased all operations as of June 11, 2025. Silver Airways originally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 30 December 2024 but was unable to navigate their way through the restructuring process like so many other airlines. As a regional carrier mostly flying its Caribbean routes
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An interesting report from our friends at View From The Wing. A 29‑year‑old Delta Air Lines passenger Joseph Johnson went straight from the Salt Lake City airport Sky Club to jail after reportedly stealing another passenger’s backpack from the lounge and then trying to seize a police officer’s gun when confronted over the theft. As
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Follow Up on the American Airlines Flight to the Wrong Airport. An American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Naples was forced to land at the Rome International Airport since it was too big for the regional Naples Airport. Is approximately 145 miles from Rome to Naples. American Airlines did not realize its mistake until the
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Another favorite from our friends at View From the Wing. On Monday, June 2 2025, American Airlines used the wrong plane for a flight from Philadelphia to Naples, Italy. The short story is that they sent a 787-9 which is not permitted to land at the Naples airport instead of a 787-8 which is. Fortunately,
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