Travel can be tiring, especially when schedules are uncooperative or when lengthy delays occur.  So it is quite natural to sometimes want to take a snooze while waiting for a flight. What facilities are offered to snatch 40 winks? What is the ettiquette if you wish to get some shut-eye? Is it okay to take a nap in an airport lounge?

Snowball fights, cheesecake bake-offs, trash can giveaways, dealing with compulsive liars, and much, much more: have you ever wondered what a front office manager at a Hilton HHonors property does in a typical day?

FlyerTalk members Hhonor Gguard and hamptoninnsider, who are employees at Hilton family properties, share A Day in the Life of a FOM to fellow FlyerTalk members and brought smiles and laughter to them.

Minnesota Public Radio interviewed some travellers about their travel bucket lists, and Randy gave some advice.

A Denver Post report on Republic’s branding issues with Midwest and Frontier post-merger quotes someone as saying ”There is not much of the old Midwest left — I’ve even read that sometimes the cookie is cold.”

The Dallas Morning News commented on the untrue rumour posted on Flyer Talk about Southwest flying to Branson.

CNN report on ANA’s plan for women only lavatories included several quotes from Flyer Talk discussion.

The USA Today report on Marriott’s hotel category changes refers to the news being initially released on Flyer Talk by Marriott.

An Information Week review of Google Buzz mentions Flyer Talk as a source of information about Holiday Inn (and Priority Club).

While the announcement of ANA to launch female only lavatories on international flights is certainly news in and of itself, it does not necessarily mean that men cannot use the lavatories themselves — they can, but only when:

• Required for safety reasons, just prior to the seat belt sign being turned on during take-off and landing.
• A passenger is not feeling well and a personal emergency requires such use.
• There are very few female passengers and the women-only designation has been lifted for the flight.
• An in-flight announcement will be made in such cases.

All Nippon Airways claims to be implementing this policy based on customer feedback. However, some FlyerTalk members complain that this is discrimination. Are they correct?

In response to the recent strike, Lufthansa has temporarily waived advance purchase restrictions on new tickets bought offline.  This means cheap business class fares that normally have to be bought 21+ days in advance are currently available. Check out the discussion thread for more info and terms & conditions.

Imagine having 3 months with $6k? Where to go…, an issue to which FlyerTalk member sycotik is soliciting advice.

Some FlyerTalk members believe that sycotik is asking for the world, and they are looking for ways to actually help give the world to sycotik without making sycotik psychotic…

One eventually gets hungry when traveling, and more people these days are watching their money more closely regarding how they spend it.

Perhaps a FREE- $10 gift card from Bahama Breeze will help. The only catch we can see is that you become a subscriber to their mailing list.

Once you receive the gift card, you will save US$10.00 off of your total bill at Bahama Breeze.

Thanks originally to an Internet job posting by Hyatt Hotels, speculation abounded regarding a possible credit card affiliated with the Hyatt Gold Passport frequent guest program.

Well, it is now Official – Hyatt to offer Chase Visa Card.

While there are certainly potential benefits to a Hyatt Gold Passport credit card, FlyerTalk members posting in the Hyatt Gold Passport Credit Card & 2500 Survey discussion thread are not exactly pleased. One reason is the possibility of the potential devaluation of Hyatt Gold Passport points.

As for the survey, select FlyerTalk members have been receiving e-mail messages from Hyatt soliciting their opinion and rewarded with Hyatt Gold Passport points as a result, and other FlyerTalk members who did not receive the survey are disappointed.

Until this evening, one can go to the International House of Pancakes to receive a free short stack of three pancakes, no questions asked. However, you will be encouraged to consider placing an optional monetary donation to support local children’s hospitals through Children’s Miracle Network, or other local charities.

Please see the IHOP free pancakes 2/23/10 7am-10pm thread for further details.

I have the uncanny knack to usually know where I am during a flight without any assistance, electronic or otherwise. However, FlyerTalk members post what they believe are the Most Recognizable Cities From 30,000 feet.

Cities on this list include New York, Hong Kong, London, Singapore and Venice.

What are your candidates for inclusion to this ever-growing list?