Flying With Fish The Blog for Those Who Fly & Those Who Want to Fly Smarter

Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 3/09/2008 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Coolgorilla’s Talking French Phrasebook With my enjoyment of Lonely Planet’s Mandarin Audio Phrasebook (which I reviewed *HERE*) I set out to find other language translation ‘Apps’ for my iPhone. While looking at a variety of language options, for not only the iPhone [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 2/09/2008 – American Airlines Puts WiFi In The Sky Last Wednesday, the 27th of August, an American Airlines (AA) Boeing 767-223 (762) closed up its forward cabin door, the jetway pulled away from the AA 762 at JFK International Airport’s Terminal 8, in New York. As the ramp-tug slowly pushed [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 30/08/2008 – Travel Planning & Natural Disasters As many people in North America watch the weather on the television they cannot help but notice Hurricane Gustav taking aim at New Orleans just three years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city. As this potential repeat natural disaster potentially plays out I’d [...]

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 28/08/2008 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Currency Not all useful iPhone ‘Apps’ have whiz-bang features and tons of options. Some very useful iPhone ‘Apps’ are straightforward, simple and singular in purpose, which is why this week I’ll be discussing the simplistic nature of ‘Currency.’ ‘Currency‘ is an exchange [...]

Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 19/08/2008 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Locly Whenever I travel one of the challenges I find most difficult to resolve at times is where things are. I don’t know a single person who has gotten off a plane; gone to work then suddenly thought, “What is there around [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 14/08/2008 – Is Your Carry-On Bag Legal For ‘International’ Carry-On? Maybe Not Have you ever looked the dimensions of your roll-aboard bag and wondered exactly what was included in the bags dimensions? This seems like a redundant question doesn’t it? The company measured the ‘whole bag’ right? Well the answer [...]

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 31/07/2008 – Emirates ‘Goes Off Line’ (no, they didn’t go out of business……just off line) What happens when a major international airline takes delivery of a brand new aircraft and is taking every opportunity to further their marketing? Well they might overlook simple marketing tools such as renewing their domain [...]

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com30/07/2008 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : iPhone Tools For Road Warriors Well it was bound to happen eventually. At some point I’d have to enter 2007 (yes, I said 2007). Not too long ago an original iPhone was provided to me to use and figure out how to turn [...]

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 5/06/2008 – Unstable Airfares & The Need To Travel : Are There Options? With the United States airline industry in turmoil, and the global airline industry trying to assess their next moves, this is a tricky time to be a business traveler. I’m a realist, airlines are disappearing, fleets are [...]