by Charlie Leocha | Jan 28, 2010
Baggage bins above airline seats are getting more and more crowded. As baggage fees go up, passengers are carrying more on board aircraft. But more and more travelers are starting to gate-check luggage as well. It seems to be a loophole in the airline baggage check...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 28, 2010
The Vancouver Winter Olympics will be taking place from February 12 through the 28th. Hotels are filling up, packages are being offered and leading up to the event, the Olympic Torch is crossing Canada. The Olympic torch has already traveled across most of Canada to...
by Janice Hough | Jan 28, 2010
Sometimes booking a trip is an invitation to a potential nightmare, especially, when trying to use frequent flier miles, either with a free ticket or an upgrade. United Airlines’ new cash-and-miles frequent-flier upgrade rules are making the process fraught with...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 28, 2010
Yesterday, when flying from Washington DC to Boston, I was struck by the total change in the Washington Ronald Reagen airport stores from what I have seen for the past year. The souvenir stores seem to have changed as quickly as the Massachusetts electorate did....
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 27, 2010
Air New Zealand has introduced a new sleeping seat for long-distance travel. It is called the skycouch. It is the first step up from coach. Basically, it allows two passengers to share what amounts it seems to a twin bed. The new seat allows passengers to choose to...
by Karen Fawcett | Jan 27, 2010
When competition is tough, you need to develop a competitive product. And that goes for airlines. According to the French newspaper La Tribune, Air France is planning to go head to head with Easyjet and Ryanair by inaugurating a low-cost network of domestic flights...
by Janice Hough | Jan 27, 2010
In JetBlue’s nine year history, the airline has been known for a lot of things. Some clearly good, like DirectTV in flight; some clearly bad, like interminable tarmac delays; and some that on the surface may not matter to travelers at all. But these latter...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 27, 2010
Sometimes you learn things the darnedest ways. Until a USAirways LaGuardia to Louisville commuter flight was diverted to Philadelphia for an emergency, possible terrorism landing I had never heard of this word — tefillin. Evidently the flight attendant on US 3079 had...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 26, 2010
While many of the lower-cost and mid-cost hotels do not charge for Internet connections, the most expensive still are charging for connections to the Web. But the days of Internet access are numbered. The only question is when will the charges be totally eliminated....
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 26, 2010
Once upon a time, the only airline merchandising was via the airline magazines and the SkyMall catalogs. But today the airlines with their unbundling are beginning more and more merchandising. Airports learned the power of merchandising long ago. Duty-free stores have...
