Don’t drink and fly.
Words to live by, not just if you’re a pilot, but if you’re a passenger.
Sandra Langer explains why: On a recent trip from Amsterdam to New York, she watched a good number of her fellow passengers get hammered. “Red-faced men blocked the aisles, puked in the bathroom and groped the females — [...]
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What if you got an email like this?
If you booked a British Airways ticket from North America to India between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. last Friday evening, you already know the bad news: Your trip has been canceled.
Michael Winn is the president of a private university, a US Airways frequent flier, and according to at least one flight attendant, an imminent threat to security. Why else would he have kicked Winn off a recent flight from Charlotte to Phoenix?
Every now and then I come across a case that leaves me deeply conflicted. This is one of those times.
Remember “no waivers, no favors,” the unbending, post-9/11 airline policy that said all rules were to be enforced, no exceptions? Kay Fore got a little flashback when she asked Northwest Airlines to refund her nonrefundable ticket after her husband had a kidney transplant last year. Turns out she was talking to the wrong people.
Wendy Watkins thought she was boarding a flight from Oakland to Long Beach last Saturday. She thought wrong. Instead of getting on a JetBlue to Southern California, which boarded from gate 9, she accidentally got on the flight from Oakland to New York, which left from gate 9a.
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