Weekly Travel Roundup
Here are some articles and links from around the travel world that came across our desk this week. If you’ve got any suggestions, leave them in the comments,…
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Win an opportunity to have someone else carry your bag! Three lucky winners will have an opportunity to experience Bags VIP luggage delivery service. I recently wrote about…
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Your Thoughts on Airline Big Data: Value or Invasion?
My recent post on Yes, We Want Airlines Profitable, But …, along with a recent Wall Street Journal article How Airlines Mine Personal Data In-Flight got the attention…
TSA Security Check Expansion or Invasion?
Before you even get to the airport, the TSA could be checking your employment history, past travel itineraries, or even your car registration. The New York Times is…
Baggage Belt Fire at MCO
Excitement, airport delays and maybe some burnt undies after yesterday’s baggage belt fire in Terminal 2 of Orlando’s International Airport (MCO). This just hours after I departed out…
Awesome Airport Grocery App – But You Can’t Use It
Recently, I read about this grocery shopping app and got real excited. Seriously, an app that could go to Whole Foods and do my shopping when I arrive at…
Book Review: Cockpit Confidential
Disclosure to readers: This book was provided to me as a complimentary copy by the author’s publicist. Disclosure to the author’s publicist: I would have paid for this…
Think You Know How to Design an Airport? Tell SLC
Lots of frequent fliers believe they could advise airlines how to improve things. Well, here’s your chance to advise an airport. The new Salt Lake City Airport (SLC)…
Words We Can Not Say, Including “Hi Jack”
We have all heard many stories about TSA refusing to allow certain passengers to pass through security, and airlines that either refuse to allow certain passengers to board…
World Airport Awards
The Skytrax World Airport Awards were just announced and the overall winner was Changi Airport (SIN) in Singapore, a well deserved honor. Incheon (ICN), which won last year,…
