May
16
2020
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
How To Simulate Riding An Airport Shuttle At Home
One New Expense You Need To Be Prepared For Before You Travel Again
May
16
2020
What happens if someone picks up COVID-19 during their travels? They get tested and need to quarantine?
7 Reasons New TSA Temperature Checks Will Make Air Travel Worse
May
16
2020
The Administration wanted the CDC to do temperature checks at airports. They refused. U.S. airlines have been lobbying for the government to do these checks – they don’t want the responsibility of doing it themselves, even though that would be better for travelers. Now the TSA is preparing to do it at security checkpoints.
This isn’t going to make air travel safer, and it’s going to make the travel experience worse for a long time to come.
United Will Give Top Elite Status And 250,000 Miles To Employees Who Quit
May
16
2020
Unsurprisingly with so little demand for air travel airlines are doing their best to get workers to take leaves and early retirements. United has a new offer that includes airline elite status and miles.
Great Video Explaining How Airports Are Designed. I’m Not Convinced They Got The New LaGuardia Right
May
16
2020
The point of an airport is to get somewhere. The best airports are the ones get are easiest to get to and get through. They make your travel more efficient, rather than adding to an already cumbersome and stressful experience. That has little to do with how much high-end retail there is (airports offer expensive shopping for their benefit, not for yours).
That means the best airports are close-in to the city center, and once you get there security is near the entrance and gates are near security. There’s enough taxiway space and runway capacity to handle flights, too, minimizing delays.
Yes, Ben Schlappig Should Travel To Iceland In June. Why Do You Ask?
May
15
2020
Ben Schlappig, known as Lucky from the One Mile at a Time blog is contemplating a trip to Iceland next month and the way he frames the discussion, and the ensuing comments, are a fascinating sociological study in how people are reacting to the coronavirus pandemic and travel.
He’s talking about visiting Iceland – which plans to welcome visitors starting June 15, with COVID-19 testing on arrival. He shouldn’t be sheepish or apologetic about this.
Gift Airline Elite Status To A Friend
May
15
2020
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Amazeballs: Fly Almost Anywhere In The World For $1650 Roundtrip In Business Class
May
15
2020
You can fly Qatar Airways business class – one of the best products in the world – from any city they serve in the U.S. to nearly anywhere in Europe, Asia, or Africa for less than $1650 roundtrip. Lots of readers are having success with this. Here’s how it works.
Man Flies To Germany, Tries To Sneak In To See His Girlfriend
May
15
2020
Coronavirus has been a strain on relationships, from the hotel that markets itself as a great break from your spouse and monetizes its guest list with a divorce lawyer who offers free consultations to the 85 and 89 year olds who live on opposite sides of the Germany-Denmark border and meet each day for a picnic, staying on their own side of the border and social distancing.
To one 20 year old, no coronavirus border restriction was going to keep him from his love. Then he ran into the German Federal Police.
90 Years Ago Today A Woman Flew As A Flight Attendant For The First Time
May
15
2020
Ellen Church was a pilot and a nurse. She sought a pilot job with United Airlines (then Boeing Air Transport) but got nowhere. Then she suggested the airline hire traveling nurses, helping to ease the fear of flying people had so early on in aviation.
She was hired in 1930 as head stewardess and she then hired seven other women on a three month trial basis. They formed the ‘original eight’ of what would become flight attendants.
