The Website That Automatically Checks You in for Your Flight Lufthansa Airlines Innovation Hub has created a website that allows registered users to automatically be checked into any flight—and not just Lufthansa flights. In fact, the free service is open… Johnny Jet , June 26, 2017
How to Never Miss Your Favorite Bands When You’re Traveling How many times have you arrived to a city only to find out that one of your favorite bands is playing in an hour? Instead of scrambling or bumming out… Johnny Jet , June 26, 2017
Travel Instagrammer of the Week: Worldwide Getaways Worldwide Getaways (worldwidegetaways) Worldwide Getaways is a Sydney-based travel agent that uses Instagram brilliantly. They tease their followers with gorgeous photos of destinations they sell. I probably won’t book through… Johnny Jet , June 26, 2017
Video: Jetpack Rider Saves the Day in Mission Bay Reddit user u/NRS1 posted a video (above) of one of the coolest water rescues I’ve ever seen. It was like the stereotypical San Diego surfer dude turned into a superhero as he… Johnny Jet , June 21, 2017
Travel Website of the Week: AwardEx I’m always looking for ways to save money when I travel. Obviously one of the main strategies is to use frequent flyer miles or credit card points to offset travel… Johnny Jet , June 20, 2017
Waze Carpool: A New, Cheap Way to Get Around Earlier this month, the popular crowd-sourcing traffic app Waze launched a carpool component. Waze Carpool is different from Uber and Lyft’s carpool services in that it doesn’t take commission. Instead,… Johnny Jet , June 20, 2017
Travel Instagrammer of the Week: Laura Grier I met Laura Grier (lauragriertravel) recently at the IPW conference in Washington, D.C. I learned quickly that she’s a very talented writer and photographer. She’s traveled all over the world (68… Johnny Jet , June 19, 2017
Want Extra Space on the Plane? Get This Shelf! A cool little gadget showed up in my mailbox this week called spAIR Tray. I don’t think it’s FAA-compliant but I’ve read that flight attendants allow it on their planes…. Johnny Jet , June 13, 2017
Video: President Jimmy Carter Shakes Every Passenger’s Hand on His Flight My favorite travel video of the week comes from James Parker Sheffield, who tweeted, “Jimmy Carter is on my plane to DC from ATL and just shook every hand of… Johnny Jet , June 13, 2017
How to Find Out If You Have a Real-Life Doppelganger Growing up, I remember a friend telling me that every human has a twin that looks just like them. You just have to travel the world to find them. I… Johnny Jet , June 13, 2017
How to Get Airport Food Delivered to You From Another Terminal On a recent trip to New York City I read a story in the New York Post called “Turn your phone into the perfect travel tool.” One of the apps that… Johnny Jet , June 13, 2017
Travel Instagrammer of the Week: Captain & Charlie Captain & Charlie (captainandcharlie) This couple—one an architect from the UK and the other a TV presenter/model from New Zealand—quit their day jobs, sold their house and bought a boat… Johnny Jet , June 13, 2017
2017 Father’s Day Gift Guide For Travelers This is going to be a very special Father’s Day for me as it’s the first one since I’ve become a father (my son was born in September). We just started… Johnny Jet , June 9, 2017
The FaceCradle: The Best Travel Pillow Yet? I’ve seen a lot of unique travel pillows (like this one and this one) but the FaceCradle may take the cake. Last year, it started out as a Kickstarter where… Johnny Jet , June 7, 2017
Video: Man Mows the Lawn With Tornado in the Background Alberta, Canada is one of the most naturally beautiful places on Earth (some JohnnyJet.com stories are below) and this week’s tornado provided some amazing scenery. However, South African Theunis Wessels… Johnny Jet , June 7, 2017
