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Emirates Plays With Fire, Announces Newark to Athens Flight
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You might think that with a new, anti-globalist administration in the US, foreign airlines might want to tiptoe carefully until they figure out the lay of the land. Emirates apparently didn’t get that memo. It…
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Are Bathroom Lines Allowed on International Flights? The Definitive Answer
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When I wrote up my recent trip to Cancún last week, the big discussion centered around the fact that we weren’t allowed to line up to use the bathrooms (aka lavatories, or lavs). I received…
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Cranky on the Web: United’s Corporate Guarantee
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United Bolsters Reliability Guarantee to Its Corporate Travel Customers – Skift I’ll admit it’s a stretch to include this here since my blog was quoted directly – it wasn’t a separate interview. But I thought…
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3 Links I Love: BA CEO Interview, American is Airline of the Year, Buy On Board Problems
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This week’s featured link: British Airways CEO Interview: How to Bring a Low-Cost Mindset to a Legacy Airline – Skift This is a good, long interview with the current CEO of British Airways Alex Cruz.…
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American Rolls Out Basic Economy With a Slightly Softer But Blunter Approach
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When United rolled out Basic Economy last year, it got a lot of flak for how it handled it (including some right her on the blog). Yesterday, American rolled out its version of Basic Economy,…
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Grand Velas Riviera Maya and the Long Flight Home (Trip Report)
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Yesterday I talked about my rough experience getting to Cancun. Fortunately that was the low point of the trip. My stay at the Grand Velas was outstanding. (Disclosure: I paid for flights, but the hotel…
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My First Southwest International Flight to Cancun Could Have Gone Better (Trip Report)
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You may know that I’m one of the Condé Nast Top Travel Specialists. When the founder of that list, Wendy Perrin, left the magazine, she started a new website and created the WOW List for…
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Southwest Reveals Its Ft Lauderdale Plans as a Four-Way Battle Heats Up
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Southwest extended its schedule into the summer recently, and the biggest winner was clearly Ft Lauderdale. Southwest is adding six new cities and beefing up its schedule as its new terminal expansion prepares to open.…
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3 Links I Love: The American Uniform Problem, Flying a Yak, JetBlue 100 Percent Wifi
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This week’s featured link: Full Text: Twin Hill’s letter to American Airlines’ attendants – USA Today If you haven’t been following, there has been quite the uproar over the new flight attendant uniforms at American.…
