Think Your Travel Costs are High?
As I do every year, I recently looked at the 2014 annual report prepared by Business Travel News where they list the airfare costs of major corporations. IBM,…
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Colorado Springs Airport Offers Free Parking
Just in time for the holidays, Colorado Springs Airport (COS) is offering passengers free parking November 1st through December 31st. Better news, this will apply to short-term as…
Travel to Mars? Yes, Sort Of…
Sometimes travel is out of this world. Literally. I have talked about space travel before but this time NASA is giving us an opportunity to take our place…
Symptoms of Ebola When Flying
After I wrote the last blog about Ebola a couple days ago, a couple people emailed me to ask just what are the symptoms of this infectious disease….
Hotheaded Hookers in Hialeah?
According to the complaint filed in Federal court, last year a New Jersey couple was visiting a W Hotel in South Miami Beach. Allegedly in the evening, the…
How Many Flights Will be Detained Because of Ebola?
This just may become a daily event. At Orlando International Airport (MCO), a Southwest flight arriving from Houston was detained because a passenger was sick. Seems he mentioned that…
Marriott to Guests – Prepare Two Envelopes
Last week was one of the more difficult for Marriott Corporation. It actually began a couple weeks ago when they decided to help guests with their tipping by…
Which Airline Passenger Has Superior Rights?
You might have heard about the incident last week on an El Al flight from JFK where ultra-orthodox Jewish men refused to sit next to female passengers. While…
Europe Votes to Allow Inflight Cellphone Calls
The European Aviation Safety Agency recently voted to allow all cellphone use inflight, including the ability to make phone calls. This reverses the EASA policy from nearly a…
Japan Airlines Hacked!
Sadly this has been a great year for hackers, not so good for merchants and customers. The latest hit is Japan Airlines, allegedly because a JAL employee opened…
