It seems like many air travelers check their manners with their baggage. JetBlue is taking a turn at trying to fix that with a series of light-hearted videos offering advice on how to behave. →
Airline tickets may no longer come with meals, pillows or much legroom on planes. However, on some domestic and international flights, paper or electronic boarding passes come packed with a wide variety of on-the-ground bonuses. For example, travelers on Virgin America can present their boarding pass for a free scoop of Humphry Slocombe’s ice cream →
Pretty much everyone travels with an electronic gadget -or three – these days, and sometimes those gadgets get finicky. If that’s what’s happening when you’re at Chicago O’Hare International Airport from now through December 23rd, there’s free help at the ready. Best Buy Geek Squad Agents are stationed in O’Hare’s Concourse H from 8 a.m. →
Alaska Airlines is joining the ranks of airlines offering in-flight entertainment directly on passengers’ personal electronic devices. The new entertainment service, part of what the airline is calling its new Alaska Beyond ‘experience,’ kicks off today on 50 of Alaska’s 737 planes and will be available for free though Jan. 31, 2015. Alaska plans to →
Anxious about flying? ANA (All Nippon Airways) has an app for you. Released just in time for the holidays, when people find flying even more stressful than usual, the ‘ANA Takeoff Mode’ app offers fliers a simple, distracting puzzle (users must maneuver a ball on screen to collect points), along with relaxing music. Designed to →
The ancient sport of falconry is so popular in the Middle East that many commercial airlines in that region allow passengers to bring trained hunting raptors into the main cabin, where the birds travel on a handler’s heavy cuff or tied to an adjacent seat. “If falconers tried that in the states, people would get →
About 25 million people had plans to travel by air this Thanksgiving weekend and, as they return from their holiday, some are already making travel plans for 2015 using the frequent flier miles they earned from airline loyalty programs this past year. But changes in some of those programs might make some travelers rethink their →
Even the savviest traveler can use a few new tricks each year, whether on the road for business or leisure. So here are some of the expert tips I gathered for a recent CNBC Road Warrior piece. Fly Frugally Before the end of the year, take inventory of your frequent flier miles. Claim credit for →
I’m gathering up a list of cool aviation-related products and handicrafts, just in case Santa reads StuckatTheAirport.com, or in case you’re looking for some cool gifts this holiday season. Two for today: Jerome Daksiewicz has a kickstarter campaign going to create a boxed set of his runway prints of 30 of the large hubs in →
If you’re out and about in the Bay Area the next few days keep an eye out for Air New Zealand’s glass-sided tour bus, which is parking around town and giving folks on the ground a chance to try out the airline’s Premium Economy Spaceseat and Economy Skycouch, which are on the airline’s Boeing 777-300 →