The TSA announced today that the ban on liquids will be relaxed Tuesday, Sept. 26th, 2006, and that the following will be allowed:
via CNN.
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Avis is running a promotion until the end of the year where you can get 1,000 airline miles with the following programs with a qualifying rental:
CNN reports that on Friday the Transportation Security Administration will announce that they are easing the restrictions on sharp objects aboard planes, choosing instead to focus more on explosives instead.
The change in rules, expected to go into effect December 20, will allow for some scissors less than 4 inches long and some tools less than 7 inches long.
While I think it’s a good move, I don’t understand how taking the focus off sharp objects necessarily improves the ability of TSA screeners to locate and identify explosives, especially when most of that is done with complicated sniffer devices.
I’ve written about the merits of mileage runs in the past but with an article in USAToday by David Grossman, I think we should revisit the idea since it seems as though they’re coming back into popularity. I won’t rehash the article, it’s sort of entertaining to read, but if you want to hear about the merits of these runs - I invite you to read my previous article.
It’s amazing that over four years after 9/11 that the Transportation Security Administration still hasn’t gotten its act together enough to check even the majority of all passenger luggage for explosives. In an article in USAToday:
All cargo should be inspected before going on passenger planes, [Rep. Edward] Markey said.
The TSA objects to the idea, saying it would cost the government $3.6 billion over 10 years and could delay cargo shipments.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…
Delta reported that they were going to stop their budget carrier, Song, and integrated back in with the main Delta fleet next year. The Song planes currently only have a single coach class of seats so they plan on retrofitting the planes with first class seats before putting them into service. In total, 48 Boeing 757-200 planes will be converted.
Since Southwest allows you to login and print out your boarding passes 24 hours in advance, the chances of getting an “A” boarding pass (that is, be in the first group to board the plane) are easier for the tech savvy. This also means that services such as this one, which charges $5 for each successful “A” boarding pass it secures for you, also appear. It’s dangerous to use untested services (and unaffiliated services) like this one because with the information they request, they can change your itinerary (but not the traveller’s name) without your consent.
From Oct. 14th to Nov. 15th, if you book a flight on Southwest.com when you are logged in you will receive one (1) bonus credit, a maximum of three (3) per person. If you login this notice is displayed relatively prominently.
Details:
Travel must be purchased for yourself between October 14 and November 15, 2005 while logged in to MySouthwest. The Member will receive (1) one bonus credit per qualifying roundtrip, limited to (3) three bonus credits per Member. Credits will be posted to the account within (1) one week of the promotion period ending.
I’ve been to O’Hare International Airport and I have been subjected to one of their famous delays, so I was happy when I heard that the Federal Aviation Administration approved a $15 billion project to expand and reconfigure its runways. (We’ll ignore the sticking point of the use of eminent domain, which in this case I agree with its usage) Here are some details:
The eight-year plan calls for reconfiguring the airport’s intersecting runways to a design of six parallel and two diagonal runways, which planners say would make it easier for planes to take off and land. The first runway would be opened in 2007. The plan also calls for adding taxiways, another terminal building, parking spaces for oversized planes and jet bridges.