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Good News for Continental Elite: LAX - Hawaii Flights Eligible for Free Upgrades

Since we seem to rarely see airlines making changes that actually benefit travelers, I thought I'd pass along this quick one: Continental Airlines has changed their longstanding policy so that Elite members are now eligible for free upgrades on flights between Los Angeles and Hawaii (they only currently serve Honolulu ...

Report: 1,200 Laptop Lost a Week at LAX (Key Takeaway: Put Your Name on Your Laptop)

A new study finds that 1,200 laptops are lost each week at LAX airport (is saying "LAX airport" like saying "ATM Machine"? Is it redundant?), roughly 1/10 of all laptops lost in airports each week. Incredibly (as if 1,200 lost laptops each week isn't incredible enough), only 1/3 of the ...

Will Ryanair and Spring Airlines Have Standing Room Sections? No, No They Won’t

Two ridiculous stories have gained traction, and I thought I'd quash them right now: Spring Airlines has sort of considered the idea of creating a section where passengers would have barstool-type seats where they would basically be standing. These seats have not been approved and, despite how this story has ...

Honeymoon Couple Divorces after Wife Takes Too Long in Airport Bathroom

Saudi newlyweds, returning from their honeymoon in Malaysia, are splitting up after the husband left his wife in a Kuala Lumpur airport and boarded his flight home without her. Why? Because he felt she had spent too much time in the bathroom. Although no one knows how long she was ...

FBI Detains Passenger After He Strips Naked on US Airways Flight (Bad Naked, Not Good Naked)

The FBI detained a passenger after he caused a US Airways flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles to be diverted to Albuquerque. Why was the flight diverted? Because the man decided to strip naked, sit in his seat, and refused to put his clothes back on. (I can't imagine why ...

Pilot Gets Angry at Misbehaving Passengers, Kicks Everyone Off Plane and Flies Empty

A pilot for Arkefly shuttling a tour group from Amsterdam to Turkey kicked the entire planeload of passengers off the plane after about a dozen passengers were misbehaving during takeoff. A group of the hoildaymakers were running around the plane and sitting in jumpseats during taxiing away from the terminal ...

A Quick Trip Report: Flying with 3 Year Olds

From what I can tell from other sites, you airline dorks love your trip reports (I mean that entirely with love) with lots of detail about the flights. So I thought I’d pass along this report from my trip last weekend to St. John’s, Newfoundland, with our 3 year ...

Delta’s Great International Experiment Is Basically Dead

Back in 2007 Delta made a bold decision to expand its international flying signficantly from both Atlanta and JFK. The theory was that the domestic market was oversaturated, and that there was plenty of opportunity to grow to second (and third-) tier cities and stay out of the way of ...

A Great Time Wasting Airline Site

(Full credit for this goes to Mark Ashley at Upgrade Travel Better...thanks for the heads up) Mark points out a really, really great site for ridiculous airline stories over at the Aviation Herald. The site appears to report all aviation-related incidents, from mechanical issues (whatever) to passengers acting like idiots (fantastic). ...

71 Passengers Refuse to Fly After Airline Asks Them to Move Seats to Balance Weight

Must be a full moon or something: 71 British travelers flying back to Newcastle from Mallorca refused to board a Thomas Cook flight after crew asked them to move seats to help balance the aircraft weight. A cargo door was broken, causing the airline to load all cargo into the ...