Cashless: On Monday, June 1st, American Airlines becomes the latest airline to go cashless. If you’re flying on an American Airlines flight in the continental U.S. or on a flight to or from Hawaii, Alaska and Canada and want to buy headsets, meals, snacks or alcoholic beverages, you’ll need a credit card to do so. […]
Wish you could drive a cool car or fly to some cool places? Then stop playing solitaire on your computer and enter some of these contests: Through June 29, 2009, American Airlines is running a “Capture the Flagship Experience” game. Top winner gets two round-trip Business Class tickets to anywhere American flies in Europe, Asia […]
Air travel used to be so easy: Pick a destination, call a travel agent, buy your ticket, pack, get dressed up, go to the airport, fly. Now? It’s much more complicated: Choose a destination. Scour the Internet for tickets. Decide: pack a carry-on or pay to check a bag? Dress for success at the security […]
Hola! It’s fiesta-time at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) this month in preparation for May 1st, when American Airlines begins non-stop service from DFW to Madrid. Last week, passengers in Terminal D got to nibble on free tapas. For the next few weeks, the party will feature Spanish dancers, musicians and entertainers performing in Terminal […]
Here’s a quick round-up of recession specials for air travelers and other tidbits you might find useful: American Airlines has kicked off a Milestones contest: One first-place winner will receive 275,000 AAdvantage miles; 10 second-place winners will each get 1,000 AAdvantage miles. To enter: register and post an interesting tidbit about a cool place somewhere […]
Maybe you remember the two giant murals by the Brazilian artist Carybé that used to be in the American Airlines terminal at JFK airport in New York. At 16.5 X by 53 feet they were hard to miss. The murals (below), titled Discovery and Settlement and Rejoicing and the Festivals of the Americas, were installed […]
Cashless: On Monday, June 1st, American Airlines becomes the latest airline to go cashless. If you’re flying on an American Airlines flight in the continental U.S. or on a flight to or from Hawaii, Alaska and Canada and want to buy headsets, meals, snacks or alcoholic beverages, you’ll need a credit card to do so. […]
Wish you could drive a cool car or fly to some cool places? Then stop playing solitaire on your computer and enter some of these contests: Through June 29, 2009, American Airlines is running a “Capture the Flagship Experience” game. Top winner gets two round-trip Business Class tickets to anywhere American flies in Europe, Asia […]
Air travel used to be so easy: Pick a destination, call a travel agent, buy your ticket, pack, get dressed up, go to the airport, fly. Now? It’s much more complicated: Choose a destination. Scour the Internet for tickets. Decide: pack a carry-on or pay to check a bag? Dress for success at the security […]
Hola! It’s fiesta-time at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) this month in preparation for May 1st, when American Airlines begins non-stop service from DFW to Madrid. Last week, passengers in Terminal D got to nibble on free tapas. For the next few weeks, the party will feature Spanish dancers, musicians and entertainers performing in Terminal […]
Here’s a quick round-up of recession specials for air travelers and other tidbits you might find useful: American Airlines has kicked off a Milestones contest: One first-place winner will receive 275,000 AAdvantage miles; 10 second-place winners will each get 1,000 AAdvantage miles. To enter: register and post an interesting tidbit about a cool place somewhere […]
Maybe you remember the two giant murals by the Brazilian artist Carybé that used to be in the American Airlines terminal at JFK airport in New York. At 16.5 X by 53 feet they were hard to miss. The murals (below), titled Discovery and Settlement and Rejoicing and the Festivals of the Americas, were installed […]
According to this report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Delta Airlines will block some Web sites when the airline launches in-flight Wi-Fi later this year. I wrote a Well-Mannered Traveler column on this topic last week and, at that time, no one from Delta had the time (or the inclination?) to answer my inquiry on the […]
Beating up on the airlines is highly entertaining – and way too easy these days. But let’s give credit when credit is due. This week, Alaska Airlines plucked a popular Pacific Northwest jazz festival from the clutches of death. For several years now, Oregon’s Portland Jazz Festival has been one of country’s top jazz showcases, […]
I’m not sure how Terry Maxon and the folks at the Airline Biz blog do it. But long before the Tonight Show airs out west, they’ve got the (very funny) text of Jay Leno’s take on the American Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing because a guy took off all his clothes […]