Have a Twitter account and speak Spanish? Today and tomorrow come try for a shot at 2 round-trip long-haul tickets by tweeting what you love about Madrid and why it should host the Olympic Games in 2020. The winning tweet will make it onto the fusel
Will Spirit have to cave on this one? http://nyti.ms/bBTk5m
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Flying with a wheelchair is a lot like playing the tables at Vegas. You throw the dice and hope for the best. Sometimes, it really does feel like a craps shoot. Although U.S. airlines are generally required to accommodate you, it would not be in yo
Read more…Off late I see many airlines entering into bi-lateral agreements to code-share or add value to their air network. In many cases one of the carrier is a member of an alliance and other is not. IEmirates-Qantas, Delta-Virgin etc. Then we see reduction
Read more…A fellow writer is seeking opinions about Boeing's new, now somewhat besieged aircraft. To offer your opinions/observations/scuttlebut, please reply NOT here but to the original question on our Ask A Travel Pro forum at this link.
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According to a recent article posted on the economist.com, the perfect airline passengers are single European men, in their 30s traveling for pleasure.
Once he’s got his airline tickets, it seems the single European man is content to go about his t
Read more…Take our quick & easy travel quiz for a chance to win enough Avios (miles) for a trip to the exotic destination you chose in the opposite hemisphere (or for that matter, to any other Iberia destination)! Play by January 25th at noon (mainland Spain t
Read more…The industry's approach to boarding is mixed, as is, ostensibly, popular opinion. In a recent poll of more than 1,000 respondents, we asked our readers who should board planes first: disabled travelers, frequent flyers, families, or those who've pai
Read more…Have a look at this post on Tripatini's blog, and feel free to comment:
http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/quickie-audio-postcard-why-airline-food-really-is-bad
Read more…If you'd like to help her out, see the details and post a response NOT here but at this link to our Ask A Travel Pro forum.
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Did you think a pilot’s license and training are at least some kind of a guarantee for a safe journey?
Think again.
Nobody could guess the dark secret of Swedish pilot Thomas Salme: He had no pilot’s license. But for thirteen years, he navigated the sk
Frontier is making you an offer you can't refuse.
Today, the Denver-based airline announced a series of new "improvements" (to use the airline's language) that are only available to flyers who book directly on the carrier's website, the just-unveile
Read more…What Is It: An oblong inflatable travel pillow designed to help you achieve some peace in a cramped coach seat.
Price and Where to Buy: I bought mine on Amazon for $26.95; the product is eligible for free Super Saver Shipping. You can also order it d
Read more…In the last week, media in the UK and a few in the blogosphere has been buzzing about British Airways googling passengers before they arrive. Will Oremus in a Slate article wrote:
Read more…We all know by now that websites track our online activities in order
Prices of domestic airfares have actually declined, according to major study by fly.com. I think I can see how this happened, but what's your call?
Another finding: Prices to European destinations have risen dramatically, but far fewer Americans want
Read more…"United Airlines announced this week that it will join Southwest and Delta in enforcing more strictly a policy of charging overweight passengers double if they can't comfortably fit into one seat." -eturbonews.com
Is this fair?
Read more…Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will not new pass the new "unfair" UK tax onto passengers. Whoa -- you mean airlines are allowed to not torture us?
Read more…Jetblue got Carol and me all excited with its email about today's sale, but the booking widget on Tripatini found our preferred dates and times (flying Spirit Airlines) for $431 instead of $647. Has JetBlue lost its magic?
Read more…"An 85-year-old woman en route home to her retirement community in Florida claims that she was strip-searched by Transportation Security Administration staff at New York's John. F. Kennedy Airport, the Associated Press reports.
"Lenore Zimmerman, who
Read more…Does the fact that the most popular tripatini blog last week was about Air New Zealand's Premium Economy seats mean that there are passengers out there who are still interested in, like, comfort!? http://bit.ly/silABj
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