Experiencing The 'Time Warp' On A Plane: I Didn't Know Delta Was So Cool By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Airline Blogger Little did I know that when I stepped onto a Delta Air Lines flight that I would also be stepping into the Forbidden Planet. One of the in-flight entertainment options is the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I didn't know … [Read more...]
I Flew Home For The Holidays And Here’s What Happened
Answering Your Questions About Safe Travel With The COVID-19 Rules & Restrictions By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Published Dec. 18 When I mentioned to a few friends that I was flying to spend the holidays with my family, a friend who wanted to do the same started peppering me with questions. Do you think it will be safe? Are you worried … [Read more...]
Is This Unruly Airline Passenger The Modern-Day DB Cooper?
Man Tried To Open Exit Doors During A Hawaiian Airlines Flight By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Editor Posted Oct. 29, 2020 The mystery of DB Cooper – a daredevil who parachuted out of the back of an in-flight plane – has yet to be solved. But either he's emerged in 2020 or maybe this guy is a modern-day DB Cooper. Hawaiian Airlines reports that an unruly … [Read more...]
United Airlines Adds Winter Flights To Mexico, The Caribbean & Latin America
Warm Weather Destinations A Priority To Lure Back Travelers In an effort to lure travelers from the cold and snow and get them flying again, United Airlines is adding winter flights to warm-weather destinations. The airline has eight new routes and is adding flights to 19 destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America. Starting in December, United will … [Read more...]
Expanded Service At Chicago And Houston Airports For Southwest Airlines
SWA Adds Flights At O'Hare & Returns To George Bush Intercontinental Airport Southwest Airlines announced its intention to expand service at O'Hare International in Chicago and return to George Busch Intercontinental Airport in Houston. "Southwest owes decades of success to our Employees and Customers who have supported our business in Chicago and Houston," … [Read more...]
JetBlue Announces Webcast of Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq: JBLU) announced today that it will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss second quarter 2020 financial results on July 28th, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. ET. A live, listen-only webcast of the call will be available on JetBlue's investor relations website at the following web … [Read more...]
JetBlue Will Add 30 New Routes, Launch Mint® at Newark
New Flying Will Support Revenue Recovery in Leisure Markets Showing Strength in Current Environment, Bring the JetBlue Experience and Low Fares to More Customers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$JBLU #JetBlueMint--JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced it is adding Jeto serve customers in markets where leisure and VFR (visiting friends and relatives) travel is showing some signs … [Read more...]
JetBlue Begins Requiring All Customers to Wear Face Coverings During Travel
New Policy Takes Effect May 4; Just One of Many Precautions the Airline is Taking to Protect Crewmembers and Customers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced that starting May 4 all customers will be required to wear a face covering during travel. The policy comes after the airline began requiring all crewmembers to wear face coverings while … [Read more...]
Statement from JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) CEO Robin Hayes today issued the following statement: “JetBlue applauds President Trump, his Administration and the bipartisan leadership in Congress for coming together to swiftly pass and enact the CARES Act, a bill critical to the future of not just of our aviation industry but our entire country. This historic … [Read more...]
United’s Policy On The Coronavirus Crisis – A Letter From The CEO
Airline Announces Free Flight Changes For Next 12 Months United Airlines has announced its policy and procedures for the coronavirus outbreak. This is a letter sent out by CEO Oscar Munoz, e-mailed to MilagePlus members. Here is that letter: "I consider you part of our United family and your safety remains our highest priority. "We are in the business of … [Read more...]
A Warning About Traveling On Delta Air Lines – And Other Airlines, Too
Traveling By Plane Should Not Be This Frustrating By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Pardon me for venting here, but I am fresh off a pair of Delta flights that had me so frustrated I momentarily lost my temper and tossed my suddenly-useless boarding pass onto a gate agent's keyboard. And that was restraining myself. A late flight had caused me … [Read more...]
It’s Holiday Travel Time – Here Is Why I Say Bah Humbug
Of Airports, Airlines And Why Isn't Anyone Smiling? By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I love being home for the holidays with my family. The problem, tho, is getting there. You see, I live in Southern California and my family is in Tennessee. And that means boarding flights and, well, holiday travel. That's the part where I say "bah humbug." Oh, … [Read more...]
Airlines Should Give Passengers One Free Drink For Every Half Hour They Are Late
Complementary Cocktails Are Good Compensation For Being Delayed By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Delayed flights. Sitting in airports, on the floor or in a chair at the gate, waiting, waiting and waiting for your flight to board. Missing appointments, meetings or just spending time at the destination. It's the bane of travelers around the … [Read more...]
Republic Airways LIFT Academy Hosts LIFT Off to Celebrate Girls in Aviation Day
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Embraer--On Saturday, Oct. 5, Republic Airways Leadership in Flight Training (LIFT) Academy will host its inaugural LIFT Off, Females Who Fly Leadership Summit for middle school and high school girls to inspire confidence and introduce them to opportunities in STEM careers, particularly within aviation. Female executives and pilots from Republic, … [Read more...]
Condor Airlines To Continue To Fly Despite Thomas Cook’s Insolvency
Government Asked To Come To Aid Of 65-Year-Old Airline German leisure airline Condor Airlines will continue operations despite its parent company's filing for insolvency. Media reports have it asking for government assistance to keep flying. Condor's planes had been maintained by the Group Maintenance Organisation (GMO) of the Thomas Cook Group … [Read more...]
Turkish Airlines Announces International Fare Sales From 9 U.S. Cities
Cairo, Kiev, Athens And Berlin Among Discounted Destinations Turkish Airlines has announced an international fare sale, as it is offering discounted prices to international destinations departing from its nine U.S. gateway cities. Book by September 25th for travel until May 15, 2020. Prices start from the following: Boston to Athens, Cairo, and Mumbai at … [Read more...]
Airline Employee Questions Why Anyone Would Fly Southwest To Hawaii
What Passengers Should Know Before Taking SWA To Land Of Aloha, He Says By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Flights for $99. Packed planes. Increased revenue from a rush of passengers. It seems as if Southwest Airlines' decision to fly to Hawaii was a good one for the airline and travelers. But an employee from another airline that has regular … [Read more...]
The Travel Blogger: My Rule For Window Vs. Aisle Seat When Flying Coach
Solving This Travelers' Airplane Dilemma By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger It is the great airplane debate, one that people have debated for years with no clear-cut consensus as a conclusion. It is the window-vs-aisle seat dilemma for airline passengers flying coach. And since I have flown in coach for the vast majority of of my airline trips, I … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: How I Got Peanuts On My Flight
Allergies Be Damed; I Want My Favorite Airline Snack By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Take THAT peanut allergy people! In sheer and total defiance of the airlines pulling peanuts from the snack offerings on flights (and in some cases replacing them with pretzles, uggg) I ate peanuts on a plane during a recent trip. I did this because I want … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: A Report From The Airports During New Year’s Eve Weekend
Airports, Planes & The Dollar Taxi From TYS To DFW To LAX By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger This is a blog post about my airline travel between Christmas and New Year’s with personal experiences and observations about the airports, the airlines, the airplanes and my fellow travelers. I flew on American Airlines from Knoxville, Tennessee (TYS) to … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: A Report From The Airports During Holiday Travel
A First-Hand Experience Of Flying Home For Christmas By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger With so many people traveling for the Christmas holidays, I thought I would provide a first-hand report of my experience of going home to see my family. This is everything I experienced and also things I observed from TSA security to the airports to the airlines, … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: This New American Airlines Boarding Policy Is Nuts!
People With Nut Allergies Allowed To Board Planes Early By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com These airline policies regarding peanuts are driving me nuts! First of all, they took away my peanuts. I can't even get them on Southwest, which created clever advertising campaigns around the slogan "were you can fly for peanuts." And now, one airline is allowing … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: The Pain Of Booking A Flight Home For The Holidays
In This Case, Getting There Is Not Half The Fun By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I love going home for the holidays. Spending quality time with the family that I only get to see about once a year, having mom cook for me – and do my laundry! – and watching Alabama basketball games with my dad, who is also an Bama grad, are all parts of the fun. The … [Read more...]
Qatar Airways Excited About A350-1000 Service From JFK
Airline First To Offer Flights On New Mega Aircraft From USA Enhancing its presence in the Big Apple, Qatar Airways is welcoming the arrival of the Airbus A350-100 into JFK airport. Qatar Airways’ A350-1000 will land in New York on Oct. 28, marking the airline’s first U.S. route to operate commercial flights on the ultra-modern aircraft. The airline is the global … [Read more...]
United Airlines To Operate Daily Flights Between LAX And Redding, CA
Non-Stop Service Starts In 2019 United Airlines will start non-stop service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and and Redding Municipal Airport (RDD) beginning March 8, 2019. The flights to Los Angeles will run seven days a week, with connections available to destinations nationwide, as well as international connections. The new flight is scheduled … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Taking An Early-Morning Flight (Uggg)
In 'Survival Mode' At Airports And Airplanes By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com I hate having early-morning flights. That could be in large part because I hate early mornings. Flights are worse tho, because I'm not awake, I'm literally a standing zombie and I don't like standing in lines when I could be sitting (or laying) down. Plus, I'm surrounded by … [Read more...]
Passenger On Southwest Flight Has A Panic Attack
Plane From Bound For New Orleans Returns To Gate In Los Angeles By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to return to the gate on Thursday, Sept. 6, when a passenger on board suffered a panic attack. Flight 4860 out of Los Angeles was bound for New Orleans and had just departed the gate when the pilot announced … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Hey Southwest & Other Airlines – I Want My Peanuts!
I'm Going Nuts Over This Allergy Concern On Flights By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Hey Southwest and other airlines: I want my peanuts! For years you've given us cheap airfares and a couple small bags of peanuts (along with an odd seating configuration, singing flight attendants and creative boarding procedures) and earned a lot of customer … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog Post: Airlines Get Wise To Emotional Support Animals
Flying Has – Thankfully – No Longer Gone To The Dogs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I was working public relations at a major auto race when a well-known wanker – if you're not familiar with that term, keep reading – walked up to one of our pre-event press days with a small dog on a leash. "Annie," I said, "you can't have your dog here." After … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog Post: Flying First-Class Style In Swiss Air Coach
It's Nice Being Pampered By An Airline I like being pampered. It doesn't happen often. I'm from a fairly simple background, more than modest but less than lavish. We had a nice house but not a mansion, a push lawnmower not a riding one, the Oldsmobile 88 and not the Ninety-Eight. So on the occasional times I get pampered, it's quite nice. And I was pampered … [Read more...]
Airline Travel Blog: 5 Top Tips For Traveling In Comfort On Airplanes
How To Make The Most Out Of Your Trip There's packing, traffic getting to the airport, ticket and/or luggage and security lines and a just-get-me-on-the-plane boarding process. This is modern airline travel and it can be a hassle, but here's a few tips that can instead make it an entertaining and even a pleasant trip. For starters, you can be in a good mood if you … [Read more...]
Lufthansa Biometric Boarding Loads A380 In 20 Minutes At LAX
Airline Testing Facial Recognition Technology For Loading Passengers One of the time-consuming aspects of airline travel is getting onto the plane and to your seat. The boarding process can be agonizingly slow, like cold catsup pouring out of a bottle. But Lufthansa Group is looking to dramatically speed up this aspect of air travel using facial recognition … [Read more...]
Turkish Airlines Offers Passengers Free Hotel Room During Long Layovers
See Istanbul And Spend A Night On The Airline By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger At a time when some airlines are reducing passenger comforts and amenities, Turkish Airlines is doing just the opposite, at least with one program. It is offering passengers a free hotel room for layovers of more than 20 hours. Even coach passengers. Called the … [Read more...]
Couple Joins Mile High Club On Delta Flight – And Gets Caught
Strangers Meet On Plane And Earn Their Wings By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger A couple – strangers when they boarded – joined the Mile High Club when they met on a Delta flight in October. And got caught. A 48-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man were busted for having oral sex on the plane (geez, you think they would have gone into the … [Read more...]
Southwest Airlines Flights To Hawaii Likely Coming Soon
Say 'Aloha' To Potential Great Deals For Hawaiian Travelers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger In what could be a game-changing move for the airline industry, Southwest Airlines is on the verge of beginning service to Hawaii. And it could happen as early as 2018. An announcement could come at any time. It's based on the airline purchasing and … [Read more...]
Austrian Airlines And Vienna Tourism Go All Out To Promote LAX-VIE Flights
Event Showcases The Airline's Service & The Destination's First-Class Philosophy For Travelers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I have yet to take the new non-stop Austrian Airlines fight between Los Angeles and Vienna, but I was flying high with an event the airline put on in L.A., in conjunction with Vienna Tourism, to celebrate the service. It … [Read more...]
How To Turn Your Airline Coach Seat Into A Business Class Experience
5 Tips For Flying In Comfort Even In Economy By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Sure, I would rather be in first class or business class when I fly, but budget doesn't allow it to become reality. But, having been "up there" before and knowing what it's like, I like to bring a bit of it back to me in economy. And you can, too. This is how I fly in coach … [Read more...]
The Smartest Travel Tip For Flying To Las Vegas
Taking Advantage Of Southwest Airlines' Single-Way Fares By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Once I started flying to Las Vegas instead of driving from L.A., it did not take me long to figure out this neat little trick utilizing Southwest Airlines' single-fare booking service. Unlike many other airlines, with Southwest you book your trip each way – … [Read more...]
TAP Into Portugal With Airfare Sale For 2017 Flights
American Travelers To Receive Discount To European Destinations TAP Portugal airlines is offering visitors from the U.S. a 17% discount to visit Portugal throughout 2017, whether Portugal is the travelers’ final destination, or a stopover en route to one of 17 other countries. Travelers using the promo code “PORTUGAL17” will receive a 17% discount on any travel for … [Read more...]
British Airways Adds London To New Orleans Non-Stop Flights
Heathrow Airport To The Big Easy On A Dreamliner Jet From Big Ben to the Big Easy, British Airways is connecting people at the two destinations with new non-stop flights starting in 2017. The flights, which begin on March 27, will go between London's Heathrow Airport and Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans four times per week on a Dreamliner … [Read more...]
Airline airberlin Expands To Boston, San Francisco And DFW
LAX & JFK Get Extended Service To Dusseldorf The German airline airberlin has added three cities to its network and is expanding service at two others to greater serve destinations from the USA, it has announced. The airline added Boston, San Francisco and Dallas Fort Worth beginning in May 2016. It is also adding one additional weekly flight from Los Angeles (LAX) and … [Read more...]
Alaska Airlines Adds Direct Flights For Tahoe Ski Resorts
Service Is From Orange County's John Wayne Airport To Reno Alaska Airlines is adding new nonstop service from Orange County’s John Wayne Airport to Reno, Nevada, which means easier access to the Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts. The flights start on March 16 to Reno-Tahoe International Airport, which is at the tail end of the ski season. Still, it's another option to get to Squaw … [Read more...]
Edelweiss Air Las Vegas To Zurich Nonstop Flight Review
It's No Gamble With This Service In She Skies Switzerland, Switzerland wine, wine, wine lover, travel, wineries, wine tasting wine tours Domaine du Daley winery Switzerland The Swiss sure know how to travel in style. Their trains are awesome and so, too, are their planes. I've taken Swiss Air to Switzerland before and recently was aboard its sister airline, Edelweiss … [Read more...]
Lufthansa Introduces New 747-8 Service From LAX to Frankfurt
Enjoying Coach, Business And First Class Without Leaving The Airport Coach is nice – the seats recline, the overhead bins are the size of some closets at apartments in Manhattan Beach and you get free drinks for the entire flight – Business is really nice with lay-down seats and some spots in an elevated section, and First Class is like taking your bedroom over the … [Read more...]