FlyerTalk members are undecided about which is more ridiculous: that an Ohio 6-Year-Old Turns Up on Terror Watch List, or that nobody from the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, allegedly prevented her from boarding an aircraft to catch a flight with her family from Cleveland to Minneapolis.
It may not be safe to drink water out of the faucet of an airplane lavatory, but these days, if you want to eat food served by an airline on-board its aircraft, you will more than likely pay a fee for that meal or snack.
However, what if the food may not be completely safe to eat? According to an article in USA Today, an FDA report reveals airline food could pose health threat, as airline food is allegedly prepared in unsanitary and unsafe conditions that could lead to illness. The unsanitary conditions include but are not limited to:
Some FlyerTalk members take the potentially shocking news in stride, realizing that this has probably been happening for years, and other FlyerTalk members offer tips on what and what not to eat while on-board an aircraft.
FlyerTalk member platinumPizza had a brand-new Apple IPhone 4 stolen!! 
It was at the bottom of a checked bag while traveling to Europe, but it was gone. The mobile telephone was purchased with an American Express card.
The American Express Purchase Protection reportedly does not cover theft of items in baggage not under one’s direct supervision. Because the baggage was checked at the time of the alleged crime, does platinumPizza have any recourse, especially since the incident happened two weeks prior?
While there are people who can cite many reasons why certain body parts should not be pierced and adorned with jewelry, one of those reasons can be that traveling with jewelry on the private areas of one’s body may subject that person to secondary or private screening at the airport security checkpoint.
Warning: Some of the content of this FlyerTalk thread may not be suitable for all people…
…if you are willing to pay charges and fees for the use of air conditioning, television, wireless Internet access, towels and other items and services, then the Rooms in London for 1 penny? New Tune hotel might be quite the deal.
Even still, the £0,01 room rate is only available for the first 1,000 rooms booked starting on Tuesday, 29 June 2010. Also, FlyerTalk members report that attempting to book rooms at this special rate is not exactly easy or convenient.
Perhaps this is not such a good deal after all…
FlyerTalk member gelplanes wants to know “how safe is it to drink water from faucet in airplane lavatories?”
FlyerTalk members respond that the water is definitely not potable, but is it still safe to brush one’s teeth or wash one’s hands?
Research was done a number of years ago by the son of FlyerTalk member l’etoile for the WSJ: How Safe is Airline Water? A story initiated by our youngest FTer.
Caution: Do not click on the links above to either FlyerTalk thread if your stomach is weak and you are squeamish…
At first, upon reading Tiny turtle causes taxiing plane to return to gate, one might initially believe and surmise that the turtle was on the runway, and that the aircraft was forced to return to the gate for the safety of the turtle — but that would be a wrong assumption.
Rather, an AirTran employee allegedly ordered a 10-year-old girl to surrender her two-inch-long caged pet red ear slider turtle. The girl disposed of the animal into a trash bin while in its cage.
The girl and her two sisters cried as a result. They were reunited with their beloved pet back home in the Milwaukee area, but not before an AirTran employee allegedly retrieved the turtle and its cage and gave it to a fellow employee to give to her five-year-old son…
FlyerTalk member joedaddy relates his experience at a Ramada Limited in Spokane, Washington where on the second night/third morning at 2:30 during a three-night stay, he returned to the hotel after attending graduation celebrations, only to find his key card was inexplicably inoperable. The door was locked to the front desk and the lights were off, causing joedaddy to sleep that night in the sport utility vehicle which he rented.
With regard to his experience, joedaddy asks, “Locked out of hotel room, 24-hour desk closed. Slept in car. Do I deserve a refund?”
FlyerTalk members chew the fat without losing their marbles regarding the prime question asked by FlyerTalk member SFflyer123: “I don’t get it. Why all the the hype about Kobe/Wagyu beef?”
Some FlyerTalk members stake their claim to the taste of Kobe and Wagyu beef to the fat content, but this just does not cut it to other FlyerTalk members as they grill each other, fired up and embroiled in a not-so-rare sizzling debate with choice words over how well done is the quality of Kobe and Wagyu beef in hamburgers and steaks as well as in different parts of the world.
All of the approximately 6,700 Starbucks coffee shops located throughout the United States will offer free wireless Internet access to all through AT&T starting July 1, 2010, according to the Starbucks: Free Wi-Fi at 6,700 US sites thread.
This is good news to frequent travelers who desire Internet access without having to pay for it.
Will that mean that hotel guests will forego the $10-$20 Internet access fee charged at many hotel properties in favor of a quick walk or drive to the nearest Starbucks to access the Internet? Will passengers avoid paying for Internet access on-board aircraft while in flight, only to wait until they land and use the free Internet access at a Starbucks location within the destination airport?
More importantly, will this policy spread to international Starbucks locations? I remember being at a Starbucks coffee shop at a train station in Freiburg, Germany waiting for a fellow FlyerTalk member and could have used the free Internet access…
