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Galley Gossip: Advice for the employees of US Airways
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Yesterday the flight attendants got terrible news at US Airways. THREE base closures. Mine included. In all these years, I've never commuted. And now, gone early next year: BOS, LGA and LAS. We got the news in the crew room. Some of the senior girls started ...Travel professionals: stop going the extra mile
It sounds counterintuitive, right? Normally, customers expect that extra effort, and we complain constantly that we don't get it enough. What we sometimes don't understand, though, is that the extra effort is at the root of many of the customer service problems we encounter. ...Husband and wife team steals 1,000 bags
If you were to steal 1,000 pieces of luggage, where would you keep it all? Wherever they shoved the bags, Keith Wilson King and Stacy Lynne Legg-King saw the police pull them out of their house one-by-one and stack them in the yard. The duo had been pinching luggage from the ...Five reasons why I love Korea's Incheon International Airport
This long layover is my third at Incheon International Airport, and I couldn't be happier about it. On my first trip, I emerged bleary-eyed after a 10-hour flight, desperate for a bathroom and bottle of water. Wandering through the sleek white halls, I spotted a sign with an ...Plan your airport layover with T+L's Airport Navigator
I hate airports. I hate sitting around and waiting, and I hate being unable to escape the thought that soon my plane will be the one zooming down the runway and lifting off into the sky. So rather than arrive early to the airport and allow myself time to get anxious about ...Poll: Have you ever passed up the cheapest airfare to avoid a bad airline?
People love to complain about the dismal state of air travel these days. Whether it's the stomach-churning airline food (and there's so little of it!), the complete lack of leg room, or the fact that your luggage was for some reason routed through Honolulu, we've come to ...German pilot dumped, lives in Brazilian airport for two weeks
Blizzard forces delays and cancelations at Denver airport
Is it just me or is it a little early for a winter snowstorm? The Denver International Airport (DIA) had to cancel flights yesterday due to blizzard conditions. It was just too difficult to keep runways and taxiways clear, so United canceled about 200 of its 400 flights ...Gadlinks for Wednesday 10.28.09
Here's a travel tidbit for you guys: Did you know that it was 95 years ago that the first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened in New York City?
We have certainly come a long way in a century, and 95 years from now we'll be just as astound at how travel times have ...Man reconstructs entire Pan Am first class cabin in LA condo
Airline nostalgia is a hobby of many hobbyists out in the travel world. I know that I've got an unwrapped deck of NWA playing cards from a 747 flight before the airline merged with Delta, and others I've met have collected things ranging from silverware to barf bags to life ...Relive 1960's air travel with Plane Talk
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Survey ranks Heathrow, Charles de Gaulle and Los Angeles worst airports in the world
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A Priority Pass survey of frequent business travelers has revealed what many of us knew all along - London Heathrow is the worst ...Want a lifetime of free flights? Give birth on board
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There's one lucky newborn baby and mom living in Malaysia. The mother, a 31-year-old Malaysian woman, added excitement and drama to an ...Northwest pilots fly plane miles past airport where plane was supposed to land
Missing a highway exit, thus driving well past it and needing to turn around may be common, particularly if a driver is feeling spaced out and road hashed. Missing an airport, thus flying past it, is unusual. Even so, it happened this past Wednesday. A Northwest Airlines ...Gatwick Airport to be sold, modernized
This week's announcement by the British Airports Authority that it will sell London's Gatwick Airport has everyone wondering about the future of the city's second busiest hub.
The BAA, owned by the Spanish group Ferrovial, sold Gatwick for £1.5 billion ($2.49 billion) ...Caution: Do not attempt before your next flight
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I think this cartoon from the creative folks at xkcd.com brilliantly illustrates the often-ridiculous "Security Theater" practiced by the ...Mileage runs, Flyertalk and obsessive compulsive flying: a film project
Iron Chef Morimoto working on skewered airport food
Celebrity chef Masaharu Morimoto has partnered with a restaurant operator to bring a new Asian inspired food concept to US airports. The concept is called Skewers, and it will feature a variety of meat and vegetables on...skewers, of course. The meals will be served with ...
