A number of fatal air incidents have befallen the world’s largest air show, EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin this weekend. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you...
Travel Plans Through The End Of The Year – A Big Finish!
The last five months of the year hold big things for myself and my family with a ton of trips booked and lots of firsts for both our son Frankie and the rest of us. If you are considering...
American, Delta, United Airlines Labor Will Want New Deals
On the heels of historic pilot contracts, one labor group at American Airlines is also looking for a me-too revision to its deal, others will follow. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please...
Aer Lingus In Talks For More Trans-Atlantic Service
The Irish airline, Aer Lingus, is again in talks to expand its US footprint, this time at Pittsburgh International Airport. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you...
Do Any Airlines Still Allow Onboard Smoking?
I certainly take smoke-free flights for granted. This was the reason I made such a stink about smoking on a China Eastern flight to Shanghai. But we don’t have to go back all that far to recall a different...
Clueless Passenger Is Confused By Onboard Lounge Seating
Meagan may be too young to remember Southwest Airlines, but there was a time when it was much more common for airline passengers to face each other rather than all face forward. Lounge Seating On Airplanes Is Still A...
Yuck: How Would You Handle Airplane Seatmate Who Side Sits With Her Barefoot Pressed Against You?
How would you handle an airplane seatmate who side sits (or Z-sits) with her barefoot pressed against you? This is not a purely hypothetical question. When Your Airplane Seatmate Side Sits With Her Barefoot Just Inches From You… Sports...
Terrifying: Charlotte’s Carowinds’ Fury Coaster Catastrophe
A Charlotte theme park, Carowinds experienced a near-miss catastrophe as a large crack in a support beam separated from the track. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If...
VacayDelay: Service Gives Lounge Passes For Delayed Flights
HelloVacay, a new travel company has launched an innovative product that offers lounge access during delays for $29/year. For this article, I interviewed CEO, Ryan Beachum, about the product and the company. If you are considering booking travel or signing up...
Airline Status Seller BasisTravel Seemingly Shuts Down
Two weeks ago I posted about an airline status seller, BasisTravel.com, and its dubious offering. It seems they have now shut down. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com....
I’m Dreading My Trip To Europe This Summer…
I won’t cancel our trip to Europe this summer because my wife has not seen her side of the family since January, but I certainly wish they would come to us instead of us going to them…air travel to...
The Chicago Seminars Civil War
This year there will not be one Chicago Seminars, but two…on the same weekend and in the same city. So what is going on? And should you attend one instead of the other? Chicago Seminars Civil War…One Weekend, Two...
Time for Video Surveillance Onboard Planes?
Six years after I first wrote about the idea of airline video surveillance systems onboard, I find my opinion has changed very little. I’m still rather agnostic about the presence of cameras onboard, though I find many benefits that...
Anniversary Of A Hoax: Pan Am Flight 914
On today, July 2nd, 1955, with 57 passengers on board, Pan Am World Airways Flight 914 left New York and the plane disappeared for 37 years. Or did it? If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new...
Tragic: American Tourists Shoved Off Cliff Near Neuschwanstein Castle In Germany…By Another American
A tragic story from Germany involving American tourists: two girls enjoying a hike near Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria were brutally attacked by another American, then shoved off a cliff after they rebuffed his sexual advances. The blood of 21-year-old...
Celiac Passenger Vomits Throughout 15-Hour Emirates Flight
A celiac passenger (gluten allergy) chronicled her ordeal on a 15-hour Emirates flight after she was served a standard croissant. What’s the airline’s responsibility? If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both...
Flying Business Class Is Not A Lesson In Feminism
Yesterday, I wrote about the man who flew business class and left his wife and kids in the rear of the plane. He said it was to work. Today, I want to discuss the woman who flies in business...
How A Wife Exacted Revenge On Her Husband Who Flew First Class So He Could “Work” But Chatted Up His Female Seatmate Instead
“Oh honey, I’m sorry you have to fly in economy class today with the kids while I fly in first class…I have to work.” Yeah, that’s rarely going to end well…especially when the husband chose to sip whiskey and...
Reflections On The Passing Of A Reader, Commenter
As Matthew outlined yesterday, we regrettably say goodbye to a former commenter and reader of Live And Let’s Fly. My reflections differ from Matthew’s. Suicide Prevention Hotline If you or someone you know is suffering from suicidal thoughts, there...
Four Children Found Alive 40 Days After Amazon Plane Crash
Four children have been found alive in the jungle 40 days after surviving a plane crash that took the lives of their mother, the pilot, and an indigenous leader. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new...
