Category Archives: Travel

We’ve spoken a bit this week about spouses sitting next to each other onboard, mostly in the negative sense, so I wanted to share a recent seat-swapping story that happened to me on Turkish Airlines that provides a better...

United Airlines has followed American Airlines in raising checked baggage fees by $5 per bag. Although I’m not generally a fan of airline co-branded credit cards, this does present a stronger case for the United Explorer credit card by...

Popular travel vlogger Josh Cahill was doxxed by Aero Dili after a negative review. There’s no defense for such unethical retribution. Period. But Cahill might use this moment to reconsider his business model. Josh Cahill Doxxed After Assailing Airline...

As it has matured, I’ve found that Google Flights has become a better and more accurate flight booking and tracking tool. If you don’t use the price tracking feature on Google Flights, consider it an excellent tool for tracking...

Thinking about United’s Super Bowl ad emphasizing the elimination of change fees on most tickets made me realize how the lack of change fees has fundamentally changed the way I book air travel. No Change Fees Have Changed The...

A late-boarding business class passenger removed the bag of an economy class passenger from the overhead bin and threw it in the aisle, so that his bag would fit. Who was the jerk? Business Class Passenger Tosses Economy Class...

A model has proffered that airlines should install larger first class seats to accommodate passengers with large derrières, like herself. The demand is so outrageous I cannot help but to address it. Model Explains Why Airlines Need To Install...

There was no ethical dilemma: a man was fully justified in not giving up his exit row seat on a 14-hour flight from Asia so a pregnant woman could sit next to her husband. Cardinal Rule On An Airplane:...

It’s totally reasonable to reserve and aisle seat and window seat in hopes the middle seat will remain empty. I do it all the time. But it’s quite unreasonable to demand that the passenger in the middle seat take...

At this early point in the year it is not clear if I will push for elite status once again on United Airlines or truly embrace the freestyle life of buying whatever ticket works best based on date, time,...

A Danish TikToker named Ida Augusta has shared a viral new video showing a “hack” to enjoy in-flight entertainment on an aircraft that has no individual screens behind each seat. It’s clever, but it’s also rude. In-Flight Entertainment “Hack” At...

Last year I fell far short of the goal, but I’m setting what I hope will be an achievable goal in 2024: visit 10 countries I have not previously visited. 10 New Countries For 2024 As I focus on...

Even if passengers like me can just zone it out, it is not very courteous to use a flashing charging cable on an airplane that blinks like a neon light…. especially on a redeye flight. Flashing Charging Cable On...

The Washington Post put out a rather fun story entitled, “The 52 Definitive Rules Of Flying.” While I agree with many of the rules, I think WaPo gets two key rules totally wrong. The “Definitive Rules Of Flying” Should...

A ripped passport, even if only a tiny tear, can doom an airline trip, as a family in England recently found when trying to fly to Spain. Tear In Passport Dooms Airplane Trip To Spain The Burton family was...

In Miami, it appears that your checked baggage is not safe on the baggage carousel. A man was captured on video purportedly rifling through unclaimed baggage and even trying on clothes and shoes to see what fit. Man Rifles...