Sep
04
2022
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.
Landing Airbus A320 Crashes Into A Motorbike [Roundup]
Passengers Go “Suitcase Bowling” Down Escalator In China
Sep
04
2022
A new meme out of China, ‘suitcase bowling’, is taking over the internet. As I write a version of the video shortened and celebrating a bowling strike as a suitcase falls down an escalator and takes out a passenger at the bottom has been viewed over 8 million times.
Two people at the top of the escalator tried to send their bag down on its own. However it didn’t stay upright – tossing itself down and gaining momentum until a way – who sees it coming and tries to outrun it – gets knocked down.
The Secret Code The Bellagio Hotel Uses To Identify Their Noir Elite ‘Whale Gambler’ Customers
Sep
04
2022
The Bellagio hotel now gives black plates and black napkins at the buffet to Noir members to identify them visually to staff for better treatment
When You’re Booked On A 5 A.M. Flight, You Do You
Sep
04
2022
Airlines are one of the most small-d democratic experiences we have, where people from all walks of life with all kinds of backgrounds, experiences, and emotional baggage (the only kind of baggage the airlines won’t charge for) come together inside of a metal tube. We’re all different in our own way, and it takes a little bit of time after we wake up before we’re ready to conform. If you’re stuck flying at 5 o’clock in the morning, you do you..
Man Started “Violently Shaking And Kicking” Seat When Passenger In Front Reclined
Sep
03
2022
Sam Bowman reports that he was flying Virgin Atlantic in economy. He reclined his seat, he says, in order “to sleep and the grown man behind me started violently shaking and kicking my seat.” After the violent passenger was told to stop, “his wife loudly declared that I was a sociopath.”
The important point to make here, aside from the obvious “don’t physically shake the seat of the person in front of you” is that a passenger whose seat reclines gets to decide whether to put that seat in the upright or reclined position, outside of takeoff and landing where the government makes the decision for them. It’s not always appropriate to recline, but the decision belongs to the passenger whose seat it is.
Woman Says She Was Arrested As Las Vegas Airport For Being Too Good Looking
Sep
03
2022
Hend Bustami, a former food runner at Chateau Nightclub, server assistant at Momofuku and lifeguard at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, was arrested at the Las Vegas airport after allegedly doing at dine and dash at the Chili’s in terminal D.
Report: Air Mauritius Business Class, Mauritius – Paris Charles de Gaulle
Sep
03
2022
Air Mauritius business class isn’t something we see reviewed often, so I was happy to hear from reader Doug Hess after his recent trip. I can count on one hand the number of contributors I’ve featured on this blog. I write every post myself, but over the course of 20 years have had three people share trip reports with experiences very different than my own that seemed really interesting. Doug is one of those, sharing his experience flying African low cost carrier Fly540 and Flying Air Tanzania’s Airbus A220 from Lusaka to Dar es Salaam. Why You Want To Know Air Mauritius Although better known to Europeans than Americans, Mauritius is a remarkable destination. Beautiful beaches, incredible mountain hiking, great scuba diving, and all the adventure sports one could wish for (sky diving, wind surfing,…
Report: Delta Sky Club Lines Are So Bad, They’re Feeding Passengers Waiting To Get In
Sep
03
2022
Lines to get into Delta clubs are a phenomenon unmatched by other airlines. New York JFK seems to be the worst. In fact things are so bad there are reports of the airline bringing food out to passengers they’re waiting so long.
Saudi Arabia’s Plan For A New Airline
Sep
02
2022
Saudi Arabia is starting a new, second national airline with plans to compete – and beat – Emirates. They are going to invest $30 billion in the effort.
It’s likely to be called RIA and will be based out of Riyadh. And their goal is… transit passengers.
How Did Bra Inserts Wind Up In The Aisle On This Frontier Airlines Flight? [Roundup]
Sep
02
2022
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.
