US Airways Club Membership $249/yr 3 days only!
US Airways is having a 3 day sale on club membership. It is $249 for all status levels for 3 days only. The rate is normally $450 for a general member and…
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A comic about the joys of air travel
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/airplane Of course any good traveler knows how to avoid the baggage fees and the luggage carousel, but I’ll admit I do check bags about 3 times per year. I never check…
Southwest to buy AirTran
Link When people ask me why I chose to live in Charlotte I would often say “it’s a hub for a major airline and Southwest doesn’t fly there.” It sounds like the…
Status does have its advantages
Yesterday I was flying home from Indy. I usually book later flights “just in case” and I have fairly good success at getting on earlier ones. I also like people watching at…
Charles Schwab to drop visa credit card
New applications for the Schwab Bank Invest First Visa halted earlier this year. The card was attractive to many frequent international travelers and those who value cash over miles and points since…
New Delta Debit Mastercards Coming
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100915005590/en Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) and MasterCard Worldwide today begin an exclusive brand partnership to offer customers and businesses co-branded Delta SkyMiles Debit MasterCard® cards. It will create the largest and…
New stores may come to CLT
According to the Charlotte Observer the retail operations at CLT is in discussion with The Paradies Shops to open new retail operations in CLT. This is good news because HMS Host is…
Flying with Funk
Last week on my flight home the man behind me smelled like feces. I don’t know how much time he had at the airport (this was not a hub so it is…
MyShape – Experimenting with Buying Clothing Online
I don’t talk a lot about clothing because I hate shopping, I rarely think things look good on me, and I’m just not a fashionable person. I do, however, have to wear…
Vitamin D: the cure for the common webcam
Due to my recent break-in I had ADT reactivated, but really to catch anyone now-a-days it requires either some DNA or some good old footage. Since I already had several webcams I…