Is United trying to one-up Delta with their new super-size 1-liter bottle of Dasani water that awaits in domestic first class? Or was this just a fluke? I flew United a few weeks ago and no such bottle of water was waiting for me at my first class seat. Nor has a bottle of water ever…
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Airlines Lining Up for Flights to Cuba
As I wrote last week, the government issued new regulations for travel to Cuba. Not surprising, the airlines want in on this action. American Airlines currently has charter flights out of Miami so they may consider additional flights out of Dallas-Ft Worth (DFW). United Airlines has already said they are interested in flights originating in…
GoGo Earns Broadband Approval from FCC
GoGo Inflight just got a boost into the internet future when they received FCC approval to use their new 2Ku satellite on a thousand aircraft. GoGo hopes to have this installed in the second half of 2015. This new technology offers impressive
Thanks for the Email, Hyatt!
A couple weeks ago, I did a wrap up of Wi-Fi services from the major hotel chains. The easiest and best program is offered by Hyatt while the worst – bringing up a very distant and lonely rear – is Hilton. Hyatt was kind enough (well, actually smart) to
Marriott Does a U-Turn on Personal Hotspots
Last year wasn’t the easiest for Marriott. First they received a lot of negative feedback after they placed tip envelopes in guest rooms. Things only got worse for the hotel giant when they were hit with a $600,000 fine from the FCC for blocking outside internet in their meeting room areas. This meant that the…
Travel to Cuba Just Got a Bit Easier
Wow, kudos to the U.S. Treasury Dept for issuing new regulations so quickly after the President announced easing restrictions on travel to Cuba only last month. This is in stark contrast to the two years it took to create rules for the APEC Business Travel Card. The biggest change in policy affecting tourism is the…
United Loosening Status Match Requirements for Some
Business Travel News is reporting that effective today, United Airlines is relaxing their rules related to their corporate status match. Technically, this is still a challenge, not a pure match, but there are three primary MileagePlus changes: Status will be maintained for 22 months instead of the previous 12 months Travelers who fail to meet…
Is Opening Aircraft Doors a New Chinese Custom?
It was only a few weeks ago that a Chinese national, aboard a Xiamen Airlines flight, had the brilliant idea to open one of the emergency exit doors to get some fresh air. Now comes another report of passengers opening doors on a China Eastern flight. This was how they chose to protest a lengthy…
Taxpayer Eyes Are On City’s Travel Expenses
It is rare to find articles about government and business travel but they do pop up occasionally. Recently I read another article about government travel expenses and this caught my attention for a few reasons. First, it was the 16,000-resident town of Culpeper, Virginia, located about 70 miles outside my husband’s hometown of Washington, DC.…
Happy New Year from Around the World
I thought it would be interesting to post a Happy New Year greeting in other languages. Of course, Google helped me out by seeing it’s already been done. One of my favorite sites for this is Freelang, where they have already listed 167 languages, but will be pleased to add more. Another excellent site, though
