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She Cast A Spell- Emma Watson Asked Where Her Guardian Was By Passport Control At JFK

The Infrequent Flier — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:50:06 +0000

After spending seven years gallivanting around England largely unsupervised with her friends while fending off the minions of He Who Must Not Be Named, you’d think Emma Watson could handle entering the United States alone. Last month, however, the 22 year old actress, best known for her role as Harry Potter’s friend Hermione Granger, was stopped…

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US Government Set Record for Fines in 2012

Guru — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:11:40 +0000

While 2012 may have been the safest year in decades, the Department of Transportation levied a record number of fines against airlines for consumer rules violations, assessed 49 fines and $3,610,000 in penalties, up from 47/$3,264,000 in 2011, and 27/1,700,000 in 2010. The airlines are not doing business in a significantly different manner,…

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Flying was Safer in 2012

Guru — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 04:04:22 +0000

Air fatalities worldwide are down to 23 fatal crashes in 2012, down from 28 last year, down from an average of the last decade of 34 fatal crashes per year. Those 23 crashes generated 470 fatalities, down from an average of 770 people over the last decade. The U.S. hasn’t had a fatal accident of…

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Times Contributor Blames the FAA for Making Devices Dangerous

Guru — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:48 +0000

We respect Nick Bilton and his writing. We even bought and read his book. His writing on the issues of the ban on portable electronics on airplanes have always made sense to us…till now. We believe his frustration, frustration we share, by the way, at the Federal Aviation Authority is warranted. But the tone seems…

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US Ordering Additional Inspections of Boeing 737s

Guru — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:17:25 +0000

The Federal Aviation Administration said it would seek more detailed inspections for cracks on the tops of Boeing 737-300, 400, and 500 series aircraft. This is a direct result of a hole that tore open in a Southwest Airlines jet back in 2009. They will be expanding rules to include new inspection methods with scanning…

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More than 1500 Guns Were Confiscated at Airports in 2012

Guru — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:44:55 +0000

Skift reported that last week, a TSA screener found the 1500th firearm that a passenger attempted to bring onboard this year. However, once the gun is found, the TSA is no longer involved. They are not the police, and its officers do not have detention authority. But, the question we ask, does this justify the…

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New Interline Baggage Rules Make Sense

Guru — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:21:23 +0000

Earlier this month, Janice Hough at Consumer Traveler wrotethat coming anti-consumer “interline” baggage rules were worse than baggage fees. With all respect to Ms. Hough, who is a travel agent, in this regard, we believe she is wrong, although we can understand her point of view. Let’s go over the issue. Interline baggage refers to…

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Airplane Seatbelts are Pointless?

Guru — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:55:19 +0000

Is there anything Michael O’Leary won’t do for publicity? He’s gone on record claiming that seatbelt rules for aircraft are pointless. Apparently, he’s never heard of something called turbulence, or thinks it doesn’t apply to him…This is surprising. Back in September of this year, for example, turbulence hit a Ryanair flight from Dusseldorf to Palma Majorca,…

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Let’s Not Talk about Rule 240

Guru — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:23:48 +0000

In April of 2007, we wrote on the subject of Involuntary Reroute, in response to an article in the Consumerist. Now, popular advice site Lifehacker has picked up on the Rule 240. They reference our friend over at the Cranky Flier, Brett Snyder, and another short article on the subject. So, let’s revisit the…

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Codesharing: Why Bother?

Guru — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:01:42 +0000

Back in July of 2011, we made the Case against Codesharing. But lately, we’ve seen a few articles that have made us revisit the issue. Codesharing is where the airline that operates a flight(operating carrier), allows a second airline(marketing carrier) to place its flight number on the flight, and sell it as if it was…

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