Travel Tip of the Day If You Fly to or From Canada, Canada’s New Airline Passenger Rights Apply to You As of July 15, flyers have new and expanded airline passenger rights in Canada. That means that if you’re booked on a flight into or out of a Canadian city,… Johnny Jet, August 1, 2019
Travel Tip of the Day More Than 40 Museums in Southern California Offer Free Entry at Select Times In just about every part of the world, American and international, there are museums worth visiting (here’s a good website for museum-goers). This is especially true in major cities like… Johnny Jet, July 31, 2019
Travel Tip of the Day United Is Now Offering Free and Discounted CLEAR Membership to MileagePlus Members CLEAR, as we’ve written before, is a huge help if you travel often around the U.S. And starting yesterday, United MileagePlus members—and especially those with status—can get CLEAR at a… Johnny Jet, July 30, 2019
Travel Tip of the Day Know the Risks When Drinking Spirit-Based Alcohol Away From Home (Like in Costa Rica) I received an email alert from the U.K.’s travel advisory service on Friday concerning alcohol in Costa Rica. The alert, which is expanded upon on the page for Costa Rica,… Johnny Jet, July 29, 2019
Travel Tip of the Day Follow the TSA on Instagram for Travel Help Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from my friend Michelle K., who suggests looking to TSA on Instagram… Johnny Jet, July 26, 2019
Travel Tip of the Day Don’t Hang Clothes on a Hotel Room Sprinkler It should be common sense to not hang clothes on the hotel room sprinkler, but apparently it’s not. According to a recent Virginian-Pilot story (via View From The Wing), a… Johnny Jet, July 25, 2019
Travel Tip of the Day It’s Getting More Expensive for Unaccompanied Minors to Fly Every airline has its own policy that guides its handling of unaccompanied minors. And as written in a recent Consumer Reports story, many of these policies are becoming less forgiving—and… Johnny Jet, July 24, 2019
Travel Style Travel Style: Richard Kirshenbaum Want to know how to travel in style, just like the pros? We check in with frequent fliers to find out how often they fly, their favorite destinations and what… Johnny Jet, July 24, 2019
Travel Tip of the Day How to Avoid Travel Faux Pas Just About Anywhere Even if you have a ton of air miles and a rewards card with excellent credit, you can always learn more about becoming a better world traveler. There are plenty of… Johnny Jet, July 23, 2019
Travel Book of the Week Travel Book of the Week: “Ten Years a Nomad” by Matthew Kepnes My friend Matthew Kepnes (aka Nomadic Matt) has a new book out this week called “Ten Years a Nomad.” The book is partly a memoir and partly a philosophical look… Johnny Jet, July 23, 2019
Travel Tip of the Day British Airways Pilots Have Voted to Strike If you saw last week’s tip on the subject, you knew that British Airways pilots were considering a strike. Well, the vote among British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) pilots went… Johnny Jet, July 23, 2019
Travel Product of the Week WAYB Pico Car Seat Review My wife and I learned quickly that traveling with kids is not that easy or cheap. One of the biggest challenges is schlepping a car seat everywhere you go. And… Johnny Jet, July 22, 2019
Travel App of the Week You Can Find Out the Name of Every Mountain Around You With This App Do you like mountains? Landscapes? New destinations? The PeakFinder AR app is every traveler’s/explorer’s/geography-enthusiast’s dream! PeakFinder AR (augmented reality) uses AR technology to show the names of all the mountains… Johnny Jet, July 22, 2019
Travel Instagrammer of the Week Travel Instagrammer of the Week: Rius Vernandes Rius Vernandes (rius.vernandes) Rius Vernandes is an Indonesian travel blogger/influencer with more than 139,000 followers on Instagram (rius.vernandes). He posts on his travels aboard the world’s biggest airlines, but he’s… Johnny Jet, July 22, 2019
Travel Video of the Week Video: Incredible Low Landing by British Airways E190 at Skiathos Airport The big British Airways news right now concerns the possible strike that could begin as soon as August 6. At the time of this writing, members of the British Airline… Johnny Jet, July 22, 2019