In a press release from JetBlue, it was announced that JetBlue and American Express will begin offering a new card, the JetBlue Card from American Express, that allows holders to earn points in JetBlue’s TrueBlue flight gratitude program.
In a USAToday.com article (reprinted by Yahoo! Finance), Cingular was reported to be opposed to the use of cell phones on flights because they “believe there is a time and a place for wireless phone conversations, and seldom does that include the confines of an airplane flight.” As the FAA considers allowing the usage of cell phones on flights, because they now pose no safety risk, we’re left to wonder if we really want the nuisance of cell phones ringing, people talking, and constant clicking in the small space on an airplane. This writer agrees with Cingular in that verbal conversations should be kept at a minimum simply because there isn’t much space on a plane and you’re voice will carry and, inevitably, piss someone off.
Live in America and plan on traveling abroad? Live elsewhere and plan on traveling here? Chances are you know that you’ll need to get some sort of electric outlet converter (voltage converter) so that your hair dryer or alarm clock (or whatever) doesn’t get burned up in the voltage differences. Most non-US countries are on the 220-240V system whereas in America, we want to be different, we use the 110-120V. Without a converter, American appliances would probably work ridiculously well for a ridiculously short amount of time and then burn up. That’s why you need a converter like the Proctor-Silex 10082 Foreign Travel Voltage Converter and Adaptor Set (it’s only $12.99 anyway).
It was reported today in the Washington Post that on a recent Alaskan Airlines flight, during a 30 minute delay on the tarmac, flight attendants encouraged passengers to sign up for a Bank of America credit card and handed out applications to passengers! While the concept of advertising in the air is common, the attendants making the pitch themselves is a bit too much. For those of you who abhor the advertisements before movies at the theatre, you’ll flip out if this happens to you!
What the heck is a mileage run? It’s when frequent flyer members of an airline find cheap fares and fly them simply to rack up the miles for their programs. Sometimes these mileage runs net double miles, sometimes the additional mileage bumps you up to another tier of service, sometimes it’s just a cheap way to accrue some miles in return for your time. It’s a tactic of the more hardcore frequent flyers but it’s actually interesting to read about. If you’re curious, I was first introduced to this concept at FlyerTalk, a great bulletin board on travel, and read the journal of Randy Peterson, detailing his mileage run (70 flights, 14 days, 38 stats and 44 cities!!!).
If you are familiar with Southwest’s frequent flyer program, you’ll immediately recognize the beauty of this offer. If you aren’t familiar, a quick juant over here and you’ll quickly and easily learn that Southwest has one of the easiest and hassle-less programs out there. If you sign up for Ding! and keep it installed and active for thirty days, you will receive 2 free credits (equal to about $60 according to my calculations of a value per credit).
Quite possibly one of the only reasons to pick one hotel over another is because of their beds… a bad night’s rest is reason enough never to return to a hotel chain regardless of price. So wouldn’t it be useful if someone listed all the types of beds in each of the major US hotel chains? Wouldn’t it be helpful to know that the Radisson is planning on replacing over 90,000 of their beds with the new Select Comfort Sleep-Number mattresses?
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Welcome my neighbors to the North! I am honored to have been featured in Canada.com’s Virtually There blog on May 17th (though I’m a little late in realizing it) and I’d like to take a minute to say hello and give you a warm welcome to my site.
Also, to those of you who didn’t come here from Canada.com’s Virtually There blog, compiled by Cathy Boucek, I invite you to check it out. It’s not focused on Canada, it’s a “daily look at quirky travel news stories, off-beat articles and useful travel links.” So am I quirky, off-beat, or useful? 
Until recently, the only way for you to find cheap gas was to rely on luck and try to remember where the cheapest gas was. Then came a great little site called Gas Buddy that I talked about at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. Then someone coupled that site with Google Maps, quite possibly the coolest online mapping site with their use of AJAX technology, to create Cheap Gas. Now it seems, AAA has joined the mix and I discovered, through a CNN Money article, that AAA members will have access to “AAA Fuel Price Finder.” AAA Fuel Price Finder’s data comes from credit card transactions (collected by OPISnet.com) - not volunteered information like at Gas Buddy! This means accurate updates and more frequent updates - another perk for AAA members.
Also, here are some good driving tips to help you save precious gas!