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Want better service? Just complain on Twitter {WalletPop}
Oct 9th 2009 4:47PM So true! Last weekend Last Sunday I tweeted about a story I read online in the New Scotsman about the IRC (International Rescue Corps) earthquake rescue team having to pay excess baggage fees on their way to help victims in Indonesia:
quake rescue team could run out of food due to Malaysia Airline baggage fee http://bit.ly/2s6JN6
I was surprised on Wed. when I got this tweet from Malaysia Airlines (@MAS):
@Marilyn_Res Tot this mite interest u :) RT @intrescue @MAS supporting IRC by waiving excess baggage charges to London... http://bit.ly/Km1UT
http://twitter.com/MAS/status/4676821581
The airline refunded the rescue team members $25,000 in baggage charges!
Hidden midwestern gem - Galena, Illinois {Gadling}
Aug 4th 2009 12:45AM For more gems along the Mississippi River Road, try Winona, Lanesboro, Effigy Mounds National Monument and Davenport. Here's a little itinerary from National Geographic Traveler's Drives of a Lifetime: http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/drives/mississippi-river/1
Ohio State Fair just got cheaper {Gadling}
Aug 1st 2009 11:23AM Thanks for the tip! And if any of your readers are planning to attend a state fair in the next few weeks, please consider sending your best photos to National Geographic:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot/statefair
Here's Garrison Keillor's story about state fairs, from the July issue of National Geographic:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/state-fairs/keillor-text
...with some great state fair photos by Joel Sartore: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/state-fairs/sartore-photography
Through the Gadling Lens: 5 of the best travel photographers of all time {Gadling}
Jul 31st 2009 12:41AM Great roundup! I also love David Doubilet of National Geographic, who took these nudibranch glamour shots: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/nudibranchs/doubilet-photography
as well as Paul Nicklen, who explains how he got this underwater polar bear: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player#/?titleID=nicklen-arctic-wildlife-polar-bear&catID=1
SkyMall Monday: Pop-Up Hot Dog Cooker {Gadling}
Feb 16th 2009 1:48PM Thank you for this public service. But the real conundrum is, why don't hotdogs and buns come in packages with the same number of units? It's usually 12 hotdogs in a package, and 8 buns.
I Heart My City at Intelligent Travel: readers chime in {Gadling}
Feb 16th 2009 9:54AM Thanks for the shout-out Jamie! We've gotten a ton of submissions already so stay tuned for more.
Hostel Trail: Latin America's hostel network {Gadling}
Jan 31st 2009 1:17AM Great tip, thanks Brenda!
Galley Gossip: What to do when the flight crew yells brace! {Gadling}
Jan 16th 2009 9:46AM Thanks Heather for explaing the brace positions and why it's important to follow those often-ignored instructions. It's good to get your insider perspective.
You're in good (smooth) hands with these air traffic controllers {Gadling}
Jan 11th 2009 10:45PM Good one!
Bush goes green by creating blue sanctuaries {Gadling}
Jan 9th 2009 11:27PM That's right! The marine reserve he established near the Hawaiian Islands in 2006 was bigger in area than all the parks in the National Park Service, and these three new marine reserves are even bigger:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/opinion/07wed1.html
