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Travel Tidbits: blizzard, extra points and free Wi-Fi

02/07/13

Thanks to Storm Nemo, on Thursday evening I was one of the hundreds of thousands of travelers who had to cancel important weekend plans that involved flying to the east coast. Then I had to sit on the phone for hours trying to work out a new and, it turns out, quite expensive new plan. →

What could LAN do with all that extra 787 room

01/04/13

LAN’s new 787 thrice-weekly flight from LAX to Santiago leaves at 2:30 in the afternoon and arrives at around 6 a.m. the following morning. Even with the five hour time difference there’s plenty of time in the air. And while I was a flying (as a guest) in the premium business class cabin on the →

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Airlines waive change fees for mid-winter break

12/04/12

Hurricane Sandy is still causing problems for a lot of people, including families who had planned vacations around the mid-winter public school breaks in New York and New Jersey. Many schools closed for a few days around the storm and, as a result, have canceled the mid-winter break or changed the dates, leaving those →

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Horizon Air president apologizes to mistreated passenger

08/07/12

Over the weekend, a Bend, Ore., man took to Facebook to describe the incivility he alleged was inflicted on a fellow passenger on an Horizon Air flight out of Oregon’s Redmond Municipal Airport. Cameron Clark witnessed what he described on Facebook as “the worst of humanity” when airline staff on duty appeared to ignore and refuse →

Free museums & expensive luggage delivery

08/04/12

I’m a big fan of “free” and a big fan of the Museums on Us program that offers free admission on the first weekend of each month to more than 150 museums around the country to anyone who has Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card. The list includes museums, zoos and →

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What could LAN do with all that extra 787 room

Airlines waive change fees for mid-winter break

Horizon Air president apologizes to mistreated passenger

Free museums & expensive luggage delivery

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