And here’s the reason why banning liquids from flights makes people less safe, not more so: an infant from County Monaghan in Ireland dehydrated and almost died after being denied liquids on a Delta flight.
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Wanted: Singing, Kung-Fu Stewardesses
By 8.28.06
What are the requirements to be a flight attendant? A cute wiggle. A superhuman patience with the bovanity of humankind. The ability to comfortably work for hours at a time in panty hose.
The Amazing Ryanair Raffle Ticket
By 8.28.06
We rarely do anecdotal stuff here, but I thought this was interesting enough to comment on.
Travelodge Santa Cruz Found Mad Skanky
By 8.23.06
Reader Adam L’s most unsavory experience at a Santa Cruz Travelodge this week included:
Orbitz Customer Cancels Reservation For Spite
By 8.22.06
Even with Orbitz’s notoriously inept customer service – behind that facade of campy commercials and flash games, there’s…more facade – this is a new one. Reader Missdona booked a room at the Bellagio hotel last week. Yesterday, the price dropped $20. She tried to lock in the lower rate but was unable to online and the phone people consistently put her on long hold only to disconnect her or refused to help. She decides to cancel and book with the hotel direct. A phone rep tells her that cancelling will cost $25.
UK Lightens Security Measures… Still Fears Liquids
By 8.15.06
Well, at the very least, the UK seems to have come to their senses, ratcheting down their terror level: British travelers can now carry-on one piece of luggage, including laptops and iPods, with the only stipulation that it can’t be a liquid or a case full of dynamite.
The Ubiquity of Broken Electronics Pilfering by the TSA
By 8.15.06
An anonymous reader sent us a curious little email yesterday evening. She claims that she has found an easy and environmentally safe way to discard of broken electronics, doo-dads and gizmos: pack them in her check-in luggage and wait for TSA monkeys to steal them.
Insurers to Travelers: “Lost Laptop? Not Our Problem.”
By 8.14.06
If you’re flying out of Britain to the United States, you’ve got an 8 hour in-flight of dreary ennui ahead of you. Your laptops, your PDAs, your cellphones, your shiny PSP must all be left in check-in, to be flung about, searched and rooted through by an armada of anonymous baggage check monkeys.
War on Juicy Juice Leads To Unexpected Upsides
By 8.14.06
Though powers that be would like you to cower in fear at that young pretty girl drinking a bottle of water, or that gentleman next to you with his coiffure slick with gel; though your in-flight entertainment will now be limited to staring straight ahead with excruciating bovinity, or engaging in conversations with the 50 year old German woman next to you about the boils on her legs… always look on the sunny side of life! Our good buddy Mark over at Upgrade Travel has posted a list of unexpected perks of the War on Juicy Juice:
The Best Time To Buy Tickets, Explained By Smarty Man
By 8.11.06
Yesterday, our pallid flesh dripping off our bones, melted from the burn we had received at the hands of Upgrade Travel when they expertly flamed our Buy Flight Tickets at Midnight post, we petulantly retorted: “Okay, smart guy, when is the best time to buy a ticket?”
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.
