Who’s paying $200K for a few minutes in space?
Who’s paying $200K for a few minutes in space? — The next space race is on, and this time it’s for the masses. Well, not exactly the masses. More like the actors, real estate magnates, hedge fund managers and well-off adventurers who can afford $200,000 or so for a quick jaunt beyond the Earth’s atmosphere and several minutes of zero-gravity weightlessness. (USA Today)
Survey: Gas prices reach record average — Gasoline prices have surged to a record nationwide average of $3.07 per gallon, nearly 20 cents higher than two weeks earlier, oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday. The previous record was $3.03 per gallon on Aug. 11, 2006. (AP)
Delta’s ambitions soar again — This week Delta is expected to announce that it will increase the number of flights out of LAX by 50% from 62 departures a day to 99, making the airport one of the busiest for the Atlanta-based carrier. (The Los Angeles Times) (Registration required.)
US Airways had a pretty tardy March — In a bad March for the industry generally, US Airways registered the worst performance for the month among large airlines, U.S. Department of Transportation numbers out Monday show. (USA Today)
Checking in on hotel loyalty — Frequent-stay programs are popular, but it’s difficult for business travelers to determine which one is best. The programs are frequently changing and have different standards for earning and redeeming points. (USA Today)
Taking the kids: It’s mom’s vacation, too — Moms know the dirty little secret of family vacations: They’re no vacation for them, especially when young kids are part of the equation. In fact, moms whisper around the pool, their eyes trained on their toddlers, they should have saved the money and stayed home. (Tribune Media Services)
Another N.H. rock profile gets attention — Four years after the demise of the Old Man of the Mountain, another of New Hampshire’s rocky profiles is getting a little more attention. (AP)
Venice wants St. Mark’s tourists dressed, tidy — Venice will deploy stewards in Saint Mark’s square to prevent tourists from stripping off their T-shirts, taking a nap or dropping fast-food wrappers in the piazza that Napoleon dubbed “the drawing room of Europe”. (Reuters)
New flight connects gambling hotspots — A new nonstop flight connecting the nation’s two main gambling hotspots is now in service. One flight is to fly each way each day between Atlantic City International Airport and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. (AP)
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