US State Department’s Africa Safety Tips As certain parts of Northern Africa become more and more volatile from political upheaval, the US State Department is issuing travel advisories for many areas on the continent, including some… Ben Stagg , January 29, 2013
LAN Airlines Gives Restaurant Patrons Free Tickets On Wednesday, January 23rd, patrons dining at Bocanova, an innovative South American restaurant in Oakland, CA, were told to look under their seats for a huge surprise: two tickets on… Ben Stagg , January 28, 2013
The Marco Island Marriott Offers Free Freeze Pops by the Pool I’m on a press trip to the Marco Island Marriott in Southwest Florida. The hotel is large, with 727 rooms and is a great place to stay. They recently completed a… Johnny Jet , January 27, 2013
Restaurants are Banning Customers from Taking Pictures of Their Food According to this New York Times article, some chefs are beginning to ban customers from taking pictures of their food. I think that’s a crazy move for most restaurants since it’s free publicity… Johnny Jet , January 26, 2013
SeatGuru Revamps Seat Maps SeatGuru, the nifty website that shows you a seating chart for nearly every airplane model by airline, has just revamped their seat maps and they look really good. Check out… Ben Stagg , January 25, 2013
NY’s ONE UN and the United Nations The newly renovated ONE UN at One UN Plaza New York, located at East 44th Street between First and Second Avenues, close to the East River and across from the… Georgie Jet , January 24, 2013
Win Two Tickets to Iceland! Last week, we gave away two round-trip tickets on Qatar Airways — congratulations to Ryan G. of Albuquerque, NM who won! We want to make more dream trips come true,… Johnny Jet , January 23, 2013
Airlines Announce Offers for the Big Game in New Orleans If you’re travelling to New Orleans for the big game make sure to check out JetBlue and Southwest. Both carriers have just announced some new deals. JetBlue has some great… Team Johnny Jet , January 22, 2013
Southwest Airlines Offers New Boarding Option Southwest Airlines customers have one more way to be among the first to board in the coveted “A” boarding group. Beginning today, Southwest Airlines will offer customers the opportunity to… Johnny Jet , January 22, 2013
Staying Safe During the Inauguration This weekend will see a huge influx of people into Washington, D.C. to celebrate the second inauguration of Barack Obama. Though the turn out is expected to be less than… Ben Stagg , January 18, 2013
How American Airlines Treats Our Military I’ve written about how great American Airlines are with the military (here’s that story), but after what I witnessed on my flight yesterday they went above and beyond. I’ve been… Johnny Jet , January 17, 2013
Inside Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. Would You Fly It? A couple of day ago Travel and Leisure asked me (and other industry folks) if I would fly on Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner. I replied “I would get on one of… Johnny Jet , January 17, 2013
Why Delta’s Frequent Flier Program Just Got Worse Delta already had the worst frequent flier program (here’s why) but they just made it even worse today with their long awaited announcement about Medallion qualification levels. Beginning January 1, 2014, members… Johnny Jet , January 17, 2013
New Year, New American Airlines Earlier this morning American Airlines unveiled a new logo and cabin redesign with a tease about more to come throughout the day. Check out the details on their website. What… Ben Stagg , January 17, 2013
United Airlines Announces Baggage Delivery Service Waiting to pick up your checked luggage at baggage claim can make an already long travel day that much longer. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could skip baggage claim… Aaron Kraft , January 17, 2013
