(Our story on Summer Travel Trends first appeared on NBC News) If you sat out last summer’s overcrowded, overpriced, booked-solid travel season in the hope of cheaper and easier getaways this year, you may be out of luck. Sixty-three percent of U.S. adults plan to travel this summer, up from 61% this time last year, according […]
New York-based JetBlue Airways has revamped its True Blue loyalty program, making it easier for both frequent and infrequent flyers to earn incremental perks and attain status with the airline. You can get into all the nitty gritty details here. But basically, your ‘points’ and loyalty are now measured and accrued in “Tiles.” And JetBlue […]
There are dozens of surveys, studies, and rankings of airports in North America and around the world. And plenty of ways to shuffle the deck. One of the more reliable surveys is North American Airlines Satisfaction Study conducted by J.D. Power, a company specializing in consumer insights, data and analytics. The report evaluates the travel […]
Alaska Airlines Kraken Contest This year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs are getting pretty exciting for fans of the Seattle Kraken. The team has a surprise 2-1 lead against the Dallas Stars in a best-of-7 series and Game 4 is Tuesday night. Alaska Airlines, the official airline of the Seattle Kraken, is joining in the fun by […]
Heathrow Airport welcomed plenty of VIPs and tourists to town for the Coronation of King Charles III. And to mark the occasion, Heathrow Airport commissioned London-based artist Morag Myerscough to design a commemorative luggage tag that is being handed out to travelers through May 10. “Instinctively I knew a bold color-filled, joyful, positive approach to the luggage tag to […]
Sadly, the 250-ft tall Red Eye Ferris wheel announced by Denver International Airport (DEN) on April 1 was just an April’s Fools joke. But there are plenty of real events coming to the airport during May that travelers will enjoy. May The Fourth Be With You Like some other airports around the country, Denver International Airport […]
(Our story on Summer Travel Trends first appeared on NBC News) If you sat out last summer’s overcrowded, overpriced, booked-solid travel season in the hope of cheaper and easier getaways this year, you may be out of luck. Sixty-three percent of U.S. adults plan to travel this summer, up from 61% this time last year, according […]
New York-based JetBlue Airways has revamped its True Blue loyalty program, making it easier for both frequent and infrequent flyers to earn incremental perks and attain status with the airline. You can get into all the nitty gritty details here. But basically, your ‘points’ and loyalty are now measured and accrued in “Tiles.” And JetBlue […]
There are dozens of surveys, studies, and rankings of airports in North America and around the world. And plenty of ways to shuffle the deck. One of the more reliable surveys is North American Airlines Satisfaction Study conducted by J.D. Power, a company specializing in consumer insights, data and analytics. The report evaluates the travel […]
Alaska Airlines Kraken Contest This year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs are getting pretty exciting for fans of the Seattle Kraken. The team has a surprise 2-1 lead against the Dallas Stars in a best-of-7 series and Game 4 is Tuesday night. Alaska Airlines, the official airline of the Seattle Kraken, is joining in the fun by […]
Heathrow Airport welcomed plenty of VIPs and tourists to town for the Coronation of King Charles III. And to mark the occasion, Heathrow Airport commissioned London-based artist Morag Myerscough to design a commemorative luggage tag that is being handed out to travelers through May 10. “Instinctively I knew a bold color-filled, joyful, positive approach to the luggage tag to […]
Sadly, the 250-ft tall Red Eye Ferris wheel announced by Denver International Airport (DEN) on April 1 was just an April’s Fools joke. But there are plenty of real events coming to the airport during May that travelers will enjoy. May The Fourth Be With You Like some other airports around the country, Denver International Airport […]
We had a chance to chat about airline passenger safety briefing cards with Trisha Ferguson, CEO of The Interaction Group, for a story on The Runway Girl Network. The Olympia, Washington-based firm has been around for more than 50 years and has designed and printed inflight safety information cards for more than 600 airlines. The […]
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) not only stops travelers from bringing dangerous and prohibited items onto airplanes, but it also tallies the finds. And the agency shares information about some of the more unusual items that show up at the security checkpoints on social media. For some reason, many travelers pack guns in their carry-on […]
This week (August 16 – 23) is National Coin Week. And it is a good time to remind travelers to keep track of all their loose change at the airport security checkpoints. Passengers going through airport checkpoints are told to put all their carry-on items on the belt going through the x-ray machine and to […]