Airline fee blues stuck in a loop — don’t expect this tune to end anytime soon
So this is what they mean by happy jetting. JetBlue has admitted to increasing its ticket change fees. And the worst may be yet to come.
Read the full post →Fire that flight attendant! Tales of the pyromaniac steward and other naughty crewmembers
We may never know if Eder Rojas, the flight attendant on a recent Compass Air flight from Minneapolis to Regina, Saskatchewan, was trying to bring down the plane or just barbecue it a bit when he set fire to the paper towels in the airplane’s rear lavatory, forcing an emergency landing in Fargo, N.D. What we do know is that his misdeeds are just the latest episode of Stewards Gone Wild.
Read the full post →Avoid AA’s $25 extra baggage charge
Travelers, for the time being, can avoid the American Airlines “service charge” for a second bag. The airline has published a list of folk who do not have to pay the extra $25. I suspect, that you’ll have to remind the check-in agent that you are exempt.
Read the full post →Continental tries to stay in the game with partner talks
Just a few short weeks ago Continental Airlines called off merger talks with United Airlines. However, with combo discussions between United and US Airways, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, as well as European carriers ongoing, Continental wants to ensure it stays in the game.
Read the full post →Update: Norwegian has video surveillance of Mindy Smith’s fall
Norwegian Cruise Line now says it has video footage from a ship’s surveillance cameras showing Mindy Smith’s fall from the Dawn.
Read the full post →European airlines owning U.S. air carriers? Why not?
First it was Open Skies. Now the U.S. is surprising everyone by proposing to ease the “spider’s web of airline ownership rules” in a move that would allow Europeans to own more of a U.S. airline.
Read the full post →Breaking: moochcationers hit the road — grab a raincoat!
It’s the summer of the travel mooch. No, wait. The staycation. The mommycation? How about the voluntourist?
Read the full post →Delta pilots clear proposed merger even as deal heads south
Delta Air Lines pilots may have approved contract revisions that effectively clear the way for a merger between their company and Northwest Airlines. But the proposed combination doesn’t look like such a deal anymore.
Read the full post →Another toddler abandoned by family at airport
A 23-month old boy was accidentally abandoned by his family at the Vancouver airport — the latest in a string of mishaps involving toddlers at the airport.
Read the full post →What really happened to British Airways Flight 38?
The 136 passengers and 16 crewmembers on British Airways Flight 38 from Beijing to London thought their Jan. 17 flight would be uneventful. But it wasn’t. As the Boeing 777 approached the airport, something happened that still can’t be explained: both engines died, causing the airplane to crash approximately 1,000 feet from the runway.
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