Jul
24
2017
Japan Airlines is eliminating massages in its Tokyo airport lounges and will be adding additional massaging chairs instead effective October 1.
Japanese Massage Chairs are Replacing Airport Workers in Tokyo
The TSA Banned Comic Books in Checked Luggage — For Comic-Con
Jul
24
2017
This spring the TSA started testing searching books as you go through the checkpoint. After all your math textbooks might mean you’re a terrorist.
You might think you’re safe checking copies of 1984 in your luggage. And you probably are. But if you’re flying out of San Diego you’d better not try to check any comics.
Virgin Kicked 11 Year Old Boy Out Of Seat And The Flight Wasn’t Even Overbooked
Jul
23
2017
It seems only US airlines have gotten the memo not to involuntarily deny boarding to a passenger after they’re already in their seat.
Sadly it seems even 11 year olds need to know their rights or airlines will try to take advantage of them.
Trump Won’t Honor Hotel Mistake Rate and 3000 Bonus United Miles
Jul
23
2017
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.
United Refused to Let Young Child Nap In The Empty Seats Next to Her
Jul
23
2017
Last week Ann Coulter learned that even when an airline offers you a specific seat and charges for it they don’t actually promise to give you that seat.
As another customer who sued United for being moved from the seat she paid extra for demonstrates, this is not something customers understand.
Man Checked a Bottle of Deodorant as Luggage on American Airlines. Guess What Happened Next.
Jul
23
2017
Earlier this month an Australian man checked a can of beer as luggage on a Qantas flight.
Hemal G decided to see whether this would work out well here in the U.S. on an American Airlines flight.
The Racism in Delta’s Fight Against Mideast Airlines
Jul
23
2017
Delta’s roots are as a crop duster company combating boll weevil infestations. Its inaugural flight under the Delta name was to Jackson, Mississippi. It moved its headquarters to Atlanta in 1941, and the airline’s dominant presence throughout the Southeast through its headquarters hub gave rise to the old maxim, “Whether you’re going to heaven or hell you have to connect in Atlanta.”
Nonetheless they grew to become, at one point, the world’s largest airline.
Is Southwest Airlines Destroying Its Culture By Firing Too Many People?
Jul
22
2017
The old saying on the internet is that when a title is phrased as a question the answer is always no. That doesn’t always hold, at least for United, but a major union at Southwest should have considered the implications of the maxim before spouting off.
Going On Vacation? Pet Sitting is Now Illegal in New York
Jul
22
2017
My Yorkshire terrier is now over 15 years old. He’s still full of spunk but tires more than he used to, and gets stressed out more easily too. We used to board him at a cage free day care in town, and he loved it there. But he’s just not able to do it anymore.
It’s a good thing, then, that I don’t live in New York. Because pet sitting is illegal in New York City.
It Took Up to 17 Police Officers to Toss a 33 Year Old Grandfather From a Plane
Jul
22
2017
Davi Stretton Mellor, his wife Kerry-Anne, along with their children and grandchildren were taken off the flight.
They got into a fight with other passengers. In their version other passengers “were banging on their children’s seats.” And nothing happened until Stretton Miller went to sleep and “was later woken by Spanish police who demanded he leave the plane.”
