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JetBlue: Enjoy Our New Eco-Friendly Pillows (That’ll Be $7)

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

JetBlue is reducing weight from its aircraft by removing $7 from your pocket in exchange for a blanket and pillow on the flight. It’s a really nice blanket and pillow, don’t get me wrong (it has a “toxin blocking fabric” -cool.) But it’s a pillow, and it’s going to cost you seven dollars, which [...]

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Oops…Parents Forget 3-Year-Old in Tel Aviv Airport

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

Parents traveling with their five children from Tel Aviv to Paris managed to remember 80% of those children when they boarded the flight. While that would be good enough to earn a solid “B” unfortunatelyf or them it meant that they somehow managed to forget their 3-year-old in the duty free shop. The parents realized [...]

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Cranky Flier

Airline “Pay Per Minute” Plan Is a Bad One - Anyone heard of Airtime Airlines out of South Africa? If not, you’re about to hear about it as every blogger that covers airlines is bound to write about it. These guys want you to buy minutes for travel like you buy minutes for cell phones. Let’s be clear here. This isn’t [...]

Upgrade Travel Better

Why isn’t there an infant fare for frequent flyer miles? - Chris Elliott points to a serious problem with frequent flyer tickets for parents of small children: Full-fare fees for lap infants. Typically, the charge for carrying an infant on your lap on an international flight is 10% of the fare paid. The child doesn’t get a seat. But what’s the fare, if you’re paying [...]

One Mile at a Time

bmi Gold Welcome Kit - Since I’ve posted pictures of the Northwest and United welcome kits, I’ll do the same for bmi. I got my bmi Gold welcome kit in the mail this Tuesday, which was a mere three weeks after my status match was approved. That was quick! Anyway, the bmi Gold kit is the best kit I’ve received from [...]

View from the Wing

Tumi Sale Discount Grows - Through January 31, Tumi’s online clearance got even better, the top of the page now shows an ‘additional’ 30% off sale prices. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fboardingarea.com%2Fblogs%2Fviewfromthewing%2F2009%2F01%2F07%2Ftumi-sale-discount-grows%2F'; addthis_title = 'Tumi+Sale+Discount+Grows'; addthis_pub = '';