A grad student who was running a website allowing you to print fake boarding passes was surprised when the FBI raided his house and took all of his computers. Imagine that. No charges have been filed, as it’s not illegal to print fake boarding passes. Yet. Bring on the Patriot Act!
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A diabetic man fell into a coma on a Qantas flight to New Zealand after the airline refused to allow him to bring his insulin on board. Airline staff told him that the insulin was too "dangerous" to bring on the plane, despite the fact that he had flown with it many times before. It [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Diabetic Man in Coma After Airline Disallows Insulin on BoardA start-up called e-Miles is offering you miles to watch advertisements. Before you quit your day job to stay home and earn miles all day, you only earn about 20-30 miles a minute (which is actually a bit better than what you earn sitting on a plane).
Read the Rest of the Story: Earn Miles for Watching AdsA couple of people have asked for a quick rundown on the EyeForTravel conference I attended in Delhi about online travel in India. Some (many? most? all?) may not care about this, so skip ahead. If you do care:
a) I’m happy to discuss this at length. Feel free to shoot me an email to discuss; [...]
In yet another move showing why Ryanair is not like other airlines, the carrier announced that customers will now be able to play Bingo online while booking flights. It’s early in the morning, I know. So perhaps this will make more sense to me later in the day. But if you like Bingo (and my [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Ryanair Says Bingo