by Janice Hough | Oct 20, 2009
One of the most advertised cellphone plan gimmicks is rollover minutes. Which simply means that that AT&T customers who don’t need all their minutes in a given month, can keep them as a “credit” for the next month. Now Marriott Rewards is...
by Janice Hough | Oct 19, 2009
One of my longstanding dreams, which I was lucky enough to realize, was to sail a transatlantic crossing on the QE2. And I still remember how huge the ship seemed. Even with five days at sea, there wasn’t time to explore it all. But these days, the QE2 —...
by Janice Hough | Oct 16, 2009
Don’t get me wrong, I find airline service cuts as maddening as anyone. And I can whine with the best of them when things go wrong during travel. But it does seem like in many cases of cranky travelers, the problem increasingly may be unrealistic expectations. A...
by Janice Hough | Oct 15, 2009
It was past midnight and I was just about to log off my computer, when I got a semi-hysterical email from a client scheduled to leave on a cross-country flight at noon. She had just watched the late night news with a forecast for heavy rain, especially in the late...
by Janice Hough | Oct 14, 2009
Air rage is a common enough topic these days, and as noted elsewhere on Consumertraveler.com, New Mexico has even gone so far as to take away US Airways’ right to serve liquor on their planes in or over the state. It often seems that whether due to increased...