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United Will Still Give Free Meals on Transatlantic Flights
With no other airlines following United's fee mania plan of dropping free meals to coach passengers on some transatlantic flights, United decided to stop their new program before it even started. Here...
Ted's Revenge (or how United is making a HUGE mistake)
An upcoming major announcement by United leaked yesterday. It comes from a flight attendant newsletter and details some major changes to United's on-board meal services. You might think of it as the r...
Airlines are Wrong to Devalue Frequent Flyer Programs
US Airways stopped awarding a minimum of 500 miles on short flights in May. United starts today. Most of the airlines recently added, or are adding, new fees for booking award tickets. US Airways shoc...
Can't We All Just Get Along? - Daily Travel Photo
At the San Diego Zoo....
Skywest Flight Attendants Rock
Skywest is my favorite regional carrier. They provide regional service for United, Delta, and Midwest. Their flight attendants consistently provide friendly and helpful service. I'm not saying every S...
United Gives Away Soda to Delayed Passengers
United's afternoon flight from SFO to JFK was delayed over three hours on Tuesday. How did United treat their customers impacted by this delay? The put buckets of ice and cases of soda on the gate cou...
US Airways to Charge $2 for Water, Soda, Coffee, and Juice
US Airways just announced the end of free beverages on their flights: After August 1, 2008, non-alcoholic beverages will cost $2 and alcoholic beverages will cost $7. Non-alcoholic beverages will be p...
A Comfortable Delay on United Airlines Because of a Great Crew
United just exceeded my expectations on how an airline should handle delays. Other airlines (and even other United employees) should take note. Yesterday I flew on a morning flight from JFK to LAX on ...
Travel Tip: Learn the local customs and etiquette of foreign countries before you go
You don't want to embarrass yourself or ruin a deal in a foreign country because you made the wrong gesture or broke an important social custom. The Eclectic Rebel Travel Blog and Directory just poste...
Aloha Airlines Cargo shuts down - Hawaii loses 85% of its interisland air cargo capacity
Yesterday, bankrupt Aloha Airlines abruptly shutdown its interisland air cargo business. The air cargo business was profitable but GMCA Commercial Finance cut off Aloha's financing which triggered the...
Daily Travel Photo: The devil face taxi receipt from an angry cab driver in Las Vegas
During a visit to Las Vegas last year my cab driver was in a pissy mood. I asked him why and he said his last fare gave him a 30 cent tip on a $9.70 meter to make an even $10 and then asked for a rece...
Updates on the Lonely Planet controversy: was it really one at all?
Gadling, where a few Lonely Planet authors blog, has been following the Lonely Planet controversy. It's starting to look like this was just a publicity stunt for the unethical authors new book. Boo on...