Brooke went to a real live airport this morning and witnessed the shampoo and Dasani blockade first-hand.
airlines
Flyer Alert: No Soap OR Radio
By 8.10.06
If you’re flying within the next few days, don’t try to bring that nalgene of Dom Pom on the plane or listen to your iPod. A foiled terrorist plot involving combustible liquids detonated by electronics devices has raised a ban on carrying either aboard. Anything in a bottle is gonna go in the trash. Check everything except your wallets, keys and passports. Expect extended delays, canceled flights and intensive security searches at all airports.
UPDATE: Actually, Don’t Buy Tickets At The Midnight Hour
By 8.10.06
Yesterday, we claimed that sitting around bleary-eyed until midnight would net you the best airline ticket prices. Upgrade Travel read it; they snickered contemptuously, sending guffaws of elite contempt in our direction. Then, Mortal Kombat style, they ripped the dripping spine out of our hopes and dreams of cheap nocturnal airfares:
The Nth Best Thing We Have Ever Posted: An Open Letter to US Airways
By 8.8.06
Meet David Kerry of the Catalogue of Ships podcast.
Even More Ways To Actually Use Your Miles
By 8.4.06
Our buddy Mark over at Upgrade Travel was a great help to us when we put together our recent How-To: Actually Use Your Frequent Flyer Miles.
Reader Stumbles In Quest For United’s Executive Customer Support
By 8.2.06
Using tips gleaned from our posts on reaching executive customer support, reader Ben tried to rectify a muggled United voucher. When they were issued, the gate rep said they were valid for Canada. Months later when he tried to use them to fly to Toronto, the ticket agent said there was no way the voucher was good for destinations outside the US.
HOWTO: Board Southwest Airlines Faster
By 7.31.06
Southwest Airlines has passengers board in three groups, A, B and C, with A’s going first. Here’s an at-home hack we spotted for if your boarding pass says B or C.
Undiluted Drink? That’ll Be Another Buck.
By 7.28.06
I love scotch. And when I order one, I always get somewhat annoyed by the pleb bartender who asks me if I want it with ice. Doesn’t he know that a fine single-malt should never be served with scotch, or watered down, unless with a mere thimbleful of spring water from the very locale in which the whiskey was distilled?
Air Traffic Is A Pile Of White Dots
By 7.27.06
Is it any wonder air traffic controllers have such difficulty keeping planes from scraping each other’s bellies?
Delta Crashes Man’s Wedding With Similarly Titled In-flight Movie
By 7.26.06
Seated next to his elderly Catholic grandfather on a Delta flight, David was nervous when saw these words come across the in-flight movie screen:
Innocent Citizens Placed On Terrorist Watch Lists To Meet Federal Air Marshall Quotas
By 7.26.06
Federal air marshals are being encouraged to use “creative writing” when they file surveillance reports, landing law-abiding citizens on terror watch lists.
