Archive for Category: "Icarus Award"
Icarus Award: Carnival Snubs & JLo Slights
Don’t expect fair treatment on the road this week. You’ll find KFC as your on-board meal, a diva talking down to travel industry employees, drag queens considered terrorists by Carnival cruises and even more slights. Courtney Crockett rounds it all up in this week’s Icarus Award. Air Kentucky KFC is the newest planned menu item [...]
Icarus Award: Pre-Thanksgiving Travel Hazards
If you believe the meteorologists, we have another storm heading to the East Coast and just might hit in time to snarl Northeast travel for the Thanksgiving holiday. But that’s not the only travel hazard out there. Lily J. Kosner reviews the last two weeks in travel missteps to see what you have to look [...]
Icarus Awards: Hurricane Sandy Heroes and Fools
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, New York City and the Tri-State Area have banded together to help those hardest hit by the storm and those that still remain without power. Across the city and the country, bake sales and food drives are being held. Collections are also being put together for those that are [...]
Icarus Award: Usual Suspects
American Airlines monopolized the last edition of the Icarus Awards. Lucky for them, they are out of the spotlight this week and we’re back to the usual suspects—drunk passengers, misguided TSA agents, airport mishaps, and much more. Check out the past two weeks in travel failures in Lily J. Kosner’s Icarus Award. 50-Day Bender Ends [...]
Icarus Award: American Airlines Edition
You know it’s a bad week when you’re the butt of a Spirit Airlines joke. And that’s the least of American Airlines’ worries. This week, the airline earned all five nominations of the Icarus Award. From major nationwide delays to minor altercations, keep reading for Lily J. Kosner’s roundup of American Airlines’ top five recent [...]
Icarus Award: F Is for Failure
A number of TSA agents, baggage handlers and flight attendants throughout the country are getting a failing grade this week. Yes, on a whole, airport and airline crew are hardworking and upstanding, but we also have a few rogue cases. Read on to hear about loaded guns, missing iPads, confiscated peanut butter and even more [...]
Icarus Award: Party Animals
This week’s travel failures either come with a pint or a primate. From a cat stowing away to airport employees stashing mini-bottles, read about all the animal and human mayhem in Lily J. Kosner’s Icarus Award. Carry-On Cat Cats can go to great lengths when chasing a mouse and Bob-bob Maze is no exception. The [...]
Icarus Award: Bad Role Models
Looking to wish your buddy a happy birthday? Call in a bomb threat. Want to win over your customers? Go on Facebook and call them stupid. Need a retirement plan? Make Breaking Bad’s Walter White your idol and start smuggling drugs. If failure is your aim, we have four new role models for you in [...]
