Video: “World Way: The City of LAX” LAX—aka Los Angeles International Airport—is many travelers’ least favorite airport. That’s mainly because of the nasty traffic that seems to never end at the airport’s entrance. But the new LAX-it… Johnny Jet , December 11, 2019
Video: E.T. Returns for a Holiday Reunion You’ve gotta hand it to Xfinity for making a four-minute commercial with minimal product placement. After 37 years, E.T. returns to Earth to visit his friend Elliott over the… Johnny Jet , December 2, 2019
Video: Indoor Skydiving Might Just Be the Next Olympic Sport Ever heard of indoor skydiving? Did you know it’s a competitive sport? Competitive indoor skydiving was new to me, as were the maneuvers I was seeing. There’s no arguing… Johnny Jet , November 20, 2019
Video: My Segment Talking Credit Cards on ABC7 We have a lot of credit card content on this site (see our main credit card page, with all the basics, here). Of course, that’s because a good travel credit… Johnny Jet , November 12, 2019
Video: TPG’s Las Vegas Airport Timelapse My buddy Scott Mayerowitz, who’s also TPG’s Executive Editorial Director, went with his colleague Zach Griff to Las Vegas for 36 hours. Scott and Zach filmed all around the airport… Johnny Jet , November 6, 2019
Video: Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, Day 3 Earlier this month, the annual Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta—the world’s largest balloon festival—returned to New Mexico. “For nine days in October,” says the website, “the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta® creates an… Johnny Jet , October 30, 2019
Video: Thieves Stealing from Passengers at Rome Airport Earlier in October, police in Italy released a video on Twitter (below) showing a gang of thieves in action. Their victims? Passengers at Rome Fiumicino airport. As reported by The… Johnny Jet , October 23, 2019
Video: British Airways Flies a Heroic Secret Service Dog to London in Style Did you know that there are dogs in the Secret Service? Over the weekend, a retired Secret Service dog named Hurricane was honored for his heroic work in London. The… Johnny Jet , October 8, 2019
Video: Hero Takes Down O’Hare Catering Cart Going Haywire Yesterday at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, a crazy scene unfolded on the tarmac. Today, video of the incident (below) is making the rounds. Here’s what happened: A rogue O’Hare catering… Johnny Jet , October 1, 2019
Video: My Favorite Episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown The late Anthony Bourdain was no doubt one of the world’s most prolific travelers. The former chef-turned-TV-star took viewers around the world with him on his popular Travel Channel series… Johnny Jet , September 25, 2019
Video: High School Senior Throws Birthday Parties for Children in Homeless Shelters It was Jack’s birthday this past week, and fortunately for him we were able to throw him an amazing birthday party. Soon after the party, I saw this story/video on… Johnny Jet , September 16, 2019
Video: Man Catches Stranger’s Phone on a Roller Coaster A New Zealand man is another man’s hero after catching a falling phone while speeding 134kmh (83mph) on a roller coaster. Samuel Kempf of Timaru, New Zealand, was in Europe… Johnny Jet , September 10, 2019
Video: Woman’s Selfie Photoshoot on the NYC Subway Anytime you ride the NYC subway, there’s a good chance you’ll see scenes and characters that would make people do double-takes anywhere else. If you’ve spent time on the NYC… Johnny Jet , August 27, 2019
Video: Southwest Pilot Flies His Father Home After 52 Years I’ve had the honor of being on two flights that have had fallen soldiers onboard. I wrote about the first experience, on a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta… Johnny Jet , August 13, 2019
Video: Air New Zealand’s All Blacks Safety Video No airline has done more to bring the boring old safety video to life than Air New Zealand. (ICYMI: Here’s my story on airline safety videos for AFAR.) The… Johnny Jet , August 6, 2019
