Tips, Tricks, and Travel with Lucky
I’m sure most have seen the article by Chris Elliott about frequent flyers/elites by now, but if you haven’t, check it out. I’ve always had a lot of respect for Chris Elliott and generally agree with his conclusions. This article, on the other hand, is two pages of utter garbage, stereotyping all frequent flyers as [...]
Posted on June 17th, 2008 by lucky
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Pop superstar Madonna was reportedly furious after a camera crew sneaked into her hotel room during her stay in Cannes, France.
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According to French newspaper Le Parisien, Madonna was so angry with the hotel staff, she refused to pay the $90,000 bill.
(source)
It’s kind of ridiculous that camera crews somehow snuck into her room, and you can [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2008 by lucky
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Interesting article and corresponding results about airport satisfaction. It basically speaks for itself, although I can’t really say I agree with the results. Actually, some of them almost seem the wrong way around to me.
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Small Airport Rankings
Medium Airport Rankings
Large Airport Rankings
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by lucky
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Here’s a very interesting article about J.P. Morgan’s analysis of bankruptcy risk of various carriers. In a way I think they’re almost spot on in terms of which carriers are the most stable right now, but at the same time I think there’s an important distinction to be made here for anyone reading this article, [...]
Posted on May 19th, 2008 by lucky
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This is quite possibly the strangest story I’ve read in a long time, probably because it makes zero sense. From MSNBC:
NEW YORK - A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit [...]
Posted on May 12th, 2008 by lucky
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge ordered CNN reporter Richard Quest to undergo six months of counseling on Friday after Quest was arrested in Central Park for possession of a controlled substance, his lawyer said.The British reporter is known for his boisterous and quirky style, especially on CNN International. He was arrested at [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by lucky
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This CNN article regarding AA MD80 groundings is very informative, yet there’s one thing which annoys me beyond end (bolding and italicizing mine):
Bishop Bernard Jordan, a Harlem minister, was in a first-class line trying to catch a flight to Atlanta, where he was scheduled to preach Wednesday night.
“It would have been good to know in [...]
Posted on April 10th, 2008 by lucky
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The BBC reports:
Virgin Atlantic has summoned its entire crew of in-flight beauty therapists to a meeting next week, amid speculation that the service could be axed.
The airline said the meeting was part of a regular review of its Upper Class services and products and refused to comment on the rumours.
Sir Richard Branson’s firm employs 280 [...]
Posted on April 4th, 2008 by lucky
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CNN had a somewhat bizarre, long article today about the FAM program. I’m not quite sure what about the article strikes me as odd, but it certainly is to me.
Of the 28,000 commercial airline flights that take to the skies on an average day in the United States, fewer than 1 percent are protected by [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by lucky
Filed under: Media, Security/TSA | 2 Comments »
My friend Robert sent me a link to an interesting article in The Economic Times, which makes zero sense to me.
The National Commission had upheld an order of the state-level commission based in Chandigarh which had awarded Rs 50,000 as damages to a lady passenger for mental agony, harassment and inconvenience.
Complainant Sonali Arora — along [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2008 by lucky
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