Archive for Category: "Airlines & Airports"
Too Frequent Fliers: American Airlines’ AAirpass Program
Did you know that back in 1981 American Airlines offered a lifetime unlimited $250,000 first-class AAirpass? Today there are a few AAirpass holders still booking tickets, two of whom are tied up in court proceedings with the airline. Ken Bensinger, who covered the story for the Los Angeles Times, joins Peter to look at the [...]
Travel Tip: Airline Ratings
Every month, the Department of Transportation tracks airline data like complaints, lost luggage and bumped passengers. And every year those figures are compiled to rate the airlines. But you have to consider the context when it comes to rankings. In 2011, the DOT recorded more than 9,000 complaints against U.S. airlines. Sounds like a lot, [...]
Ask Peter: When to Book Summer Flights & Is Courier Travel Real?
Looking to book your summer travel then, ask Peter! The Travel Detective will be standing by to take your calls all summer long on his weekly Peter Greenberg Worldwide broadcasts. You can talk to him at 1-888-88-PETER (1-888-887-3837), email him at peter@petergreenberg.com, tweet questions to @petersgreenberg (use #askPeter), or post questions on his Facebook page. [...]
Travel Tip: Free Events at Art Festivals
It’s festival season again and that means art lovers are fighting for tickets. But what you want to do is look for all the freebies that come along with these summer art festivals. In late May, Charleston, South Carolina comes alive for the Spoleto Festival, a 17-day performing arts festival that’s among the biggest in [...]
Are the Skies Unfriendly & Unsafe? A CBS This Morning Report
Pilots at United Airlines have gone almost a decade without a formal agreement and last week they launched the Unfriendly Skies publicity campaign that alleges that not only is the airline mistreating their pilots, but its decisions are putting passengers at risk. Perhaps you thought that United is the only airline whose pilots are flying [...]
Travel Tip: New Airline Routes
With summer travel season around the corner, the airlines are paying attention to where people want to go. So here’s what’s going on with the airline routes this season. Ever heard of Porter Airlines? Probably not. It’s a small, regional service in Canada. But it has great service and just launched a route between Toronto [...]
Travel Tip: Summer Airfare is Going Up
It’s official, summer airfare is going up. It’s a seasonal issue that we see every year, but this year there are some other factors in place. Airfare has already risen three times this year, and it’s expected to jump another 3 percent this summer. The major contributor is decreased capacity. Couple that with increased demand [...]
Airplane Art: Nina Katchadourian’s Seat Assignment
In the past few weeks, you may have seen Nina Katchadourian’s work in your Facebook feed and paused to view her her Flemish-style self portraits. Her work might be the most famous thing to come out of an airplane bathroom, so we sent Ben Moroski to learn more about the artist and her inspiration. For [...]
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