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Warning: Resorts Covering Up Sexual Assaults
The Detroit Free Press carries an important investigative report on reports of sexual assaults in Jamaica where mutiple resorts have taken steps to ‘cover up’ incidents: Failing to make evidence available, encouraging women not to file complaints with the police, even to just ‘forget about it’, and seeking non-disclosure agreements surrounding incidents.
There are important steps to take to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Flights Being Cancelled After Airline Fails to Pay Pilots and Qantas Looking to Devalue Again
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Alitalia Raises Prices on Best Award Tickets, Only Promises Not to Do It Again for One Month
Hyperinflating currencies force vendors to change their pricing all the time. Alitalia only guarantees these redemption rates for January. So we could see them go up again in February!
That’s Alight, Just Leave It There
Air travel brings people together from all sorts of backgrounds and experiences. So there are bound to be cultural clashes. And we’re not just dealing with people, we are also dealing with pets. And we’re dealing with how those people deal with their pets.
Walking through Washington Dulles airport on Thursday a passenger in front of me had their dog on a leash….
What It’s Like to Fly Business Class With German Chancellor Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced mechanical problems while headed to the G20 summit in Argentina. So she wound up having to fly commercial (and not even on Lufthansa).
How to Keep Checked Bags From Getting Lost and Airline Executive Jailed
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Why Airlines Should Charge Passengers to Use the Lavatory
Whenever Ryanair is out of the news their CEO Michael O’Leary talks about making passengers stand (to cram more people onto planes) and making them pay to use the lavatory. In the U.S. pay toilets are illegal in many states but those prohibitions wouldn’t apply to airlines since they’d be pre-empted by the federal Airline Deregulation Act.
UK pay toilets are often cleaner than free ones. Would airlines charging for lavatories give us better lavatories? Would they give us bigger lavatories since they’d become a profit center?
Small Hotel Room Toiletries Will Be Illegal in One California City
Santa Cruz, California will be the first place in the country to ban miniature toiletry bottles.
The ordinance was unanimously approved by the county’s Board on November 20th. It returns to the board for final approval on December 4 and will go into effect December 31, 2020.
What it Takes to Get a Free Frontier Airlines Meal and Several Rewards Cards Considering Changes
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.