Monthly Archives: December 2011

Do Loyalty Programs Encourage Loyalty?

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Yesterday, we read in USA Today’s Travel section that airports are starting to add loyalty programs to encourage travelers to patronize them. This is particularly useful for smaller airports, where people might otherwise drive to larger airports in the region. Even…

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It’s Time to Rise Up and Shave in Flight

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The next time we fly, we’re going to be shaving. Recently, Nick Bilton of the New York Times continued his reporting on the issue of in flight electronics, and how, while there may be reasons for the existing rules, they…

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Did US Airways Lose Someone’s Brother?

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A woman is seeking answers after she claims US Airways lost track of her special needs brother, who was physically and mentally disabled. He missed his connecting flight in Charlotte, and when she called, they would not give out any…

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Happy Holidays from Flight Wisdom

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We can’t think of anything more fitting to wish greetings of the Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, New Year‘s season than a chorus of TSA Agents at LAX singing What a Wonderful World. We’d have embedded this one, but the only version…

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Man Who Subdued Underwear Bomber Wants Millions

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We just can’t believe this… A New York man has named Delta Air Lines and Air France-KLM in a suit that also names Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Underwear Bomber, as a co-defendant. The man, Theophilius Maranga of Wappinger Falls, is…

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They Rent By the Hour – Rooms for Rent at the Airport

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The New York Times reported today on Minute Suites, a company which began providing small rooms for rent at Philadelphia International Airport in March, and has bee n serving Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport since 2009. The company has already served 18,000…

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Delta Grows at LaGuardia

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In August of 2009, US Airways announced it would be selling LaGuardia out to Delta Air Lines in exchange for greater power at Washington-National Airport. Two years later, after selling off some of the slots, it is finally time for…

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KLM Is Flying The Friendly Skies

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There’s nothing worse that a long flight sitting next to a stranger who won’t stop talking about things that are utterly uninteresting to you.  We previously wrote about Planely, a site to help you discover people on your flight with…

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Strip the TSA

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When the TSA came into existence, their screeners worewhite. Then, they became Transportation Security Officers(TSOs), and got new blue uniforms. Their embroidered badges got replaced with metal ones to “represent the continuing evolution of the officers’ role and responsibilities.” At the…

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Alec Baldwin vs the Flight Attendant

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Unless you’ve been out of touch, you probably heard about Alec Baldwin’s behavior onboard an American Airlines flight. We’ve been thinking about this for a few days now. By most accounts, Alec Baldwin was onboard an American Airlines flight. The…

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Hug a Pilot…But Not Too Much

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Giving up the Ship just recently wrote on a new morale program at British Airways. The program, nicknamed Hug a Pilot, urged pilots to socialize with crew. Apparently, socialization led to something more. A teenage stewardess ended up pregnant, courtesy of…

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