Some Doubts About Skybus

I’m all for low fares, but I’m not sure I’m for the new Skybus airline. That’s because Skybus is imposing three conditions that may not be worth enduring, no matter how low the fares.

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Spare Me The Chick Trips

What’s so offensive about the marketing of women’s travel, chick trips, girlfriend getaways? Nearly everything.

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I’ll tell you where to go … Midwest

United Airlines is offering some low round-trip fares to Detroit and Minneapolis / St. Paul. This unadvertised sale is unusual because these cities are not frequently discounted and because the fares extend well into next year.

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Windy Tarifa, Spain

Here’s my video about Tarifa, at the southern tip of Spain, where I recently spent a few days with the family:

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Skybuses And Skytaxis

I just saw a story about a new airline called Skybus and another about a new air taxi service. Buses and taxis. I think this terminology is a telling sign of how air transit is stratifying to serve different economic classes.

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Overboard Analysis

The Travel Diva blog over at the Detroit Free Press has some entertaining information about the couple who survived a fall from a balcony on the Grand Princess into the Gulf of Mexico last month. That story just keeps on giving.

Canada Yanks Tax Refund

Oh, Canada! Why are you taking away the GST tax refund? Don’t you want us to come visit any more? I know we’re noisy and we don’t drink enough beer or fully appreciate ice hockey. But we’re the only neighbors you’ve got.

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FYI, I’ve Been FWI

I was delighted to read that there’s a move afoot to require flight attendants to get alcohol server training. I figured there was some kind of airline policy against giving out free drinks in coach on domestic flights. Could it be that the flight attendants just have to learn how?

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On The Many And Varied Uses Of Travel Duct Tape

I don’t travel without a little roll of travel duct tape. Nor should you.

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Flying Backward

So here’s the latest idea in airline seating: turn the middle seats backward. The argument is that it gives passengers more room and allows the airlines to pack more seats on a plane.

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