Jun 02 2016

Julian over at Travel Codex picks a fight with me. He doesn’t just disagree with me over privatizing the TSA. He gets personal: “Though do you remember the Dean in “Old School”? That guy was a total jerk, right? So maybe for the purposes of today’s post we’ll think of Gary as that sort of “Dean” of Boarding Area and then it’ll be okay to argue with him and maybe egg his house or something.”

He throws down with Jeremy Piven, who isn’t just Ari from Entourage. He’s also the creepy guy who kept texting evil travel hacker Justin Ross Lee‘s girlfriend.

Continue Reading »

Jun 02 2016

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.

Continue Reading »

Jun 01 2016

Putting an award on hold is really useful. Award travel can be complicated. Here’s what several different airline frequent flyer programs allow you to do.

Continue Reading »

Jun 01 2016

The best way to understand Washington Dulles is to go back to how the concept was being explained before it was even built.

This animated film by Ray Eames and Charles Eames explains the idea — how tragic they believed it was to walk long distances to gates, how revolutionary it would be to have “mobile lounges” that became the Dulles People Movers.

And it offers a fascinating window into how the future of aviation was seen through the eyes of the 1950.

Continue Reading »

Jun 01 2016

While the TSA cries that they need more money to staff checkpoints, it turns out that 1500 TSA agents have been re-assigned to work security checkpoints at campaign events.

Continue Reading »

Jun 01 2016

Last month LifeMiles ran a 125% bonus on purchased miles. It’s been extended to June 3, and stackable with another offer for an extra 10%.

Since the 125% offer is only extended to June 3, you’ll want to register by June 2, ideally right away if you even think you might want to take advantage of this. A 125% bonus lets you buy miles at 1.47 cents apiece. It’s nice you can get this even lower. I maxed out last year with the 135% bonus.

Continue Reading »

Jun 01 2016

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.

Continue Reading »

May 31 2016

Unfortunately in September 2014 Delta made ExpertFlyer remove information about its flights. It often seems that for Delta, an ignorant customer is their best customer.

Last summer ExpertFlyer brought back award availability searches (and emails) for Delta. And now Delta revenue inventory is back, too.

Continue Reading »

May 31 2016

Helsinki Airport (HEL), home base for oneworld member Finnair, has a marketing campaign, Match Made in HEL. It’s their 3-letter airport code, but I’m not sure it’s how I’d market any travel experience.

And they’ve just hosted a fashion show that was held on the runway. (Get it? Airport. Fashion Show. Runway.)

Continue Reading »

May 31 2016

Here’s a video of a China Southern Boeing 737-800 being struck by lightning — minutes after passengers had disembarked the aircraft.

The video was taken at Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport in China, a four and a half year old airport with over 3 million annual passengers — served mostly by Chinese domestic airlines, but with service from Jetstar Asia, AirAsia, and Thai AirAsia.

Continue Reading »