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Tiger Airways Employees Steal Items From Checked Luggage

Tiger Airways Employee's Steal Items From Checked Luggage

As an experienced traveler, if there is one thing I know, it’s to never leave anything of value in my check bag. Check bags are for clothing and toiletries only and maybe a bottle or two of alcohol from Duty free,…

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Added by When DoubleWides Fly on September 17, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

American Airlines Lost, Then Recovered My Upgrade!

For the first time ever today I decided to give American Airlines a chance. I have never flown AA and have been OVERLY loyal to Delta. I have always flown Delta and their partners and have had status with Old Northwest Airlines and Delta for the last 6 years (Since I was 19) and fly on average of 75,000 miles+ a year. However a good friend of mind is AA Executive Platinum and ensured me I would enjoy AA if I flew business class and was Executive Platinum. So I took his word…

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Added by When DoubleWides Fly on April 25, 2012 at 12:33pm — 4 Comments

Passenger Strips Naked at PDX to protest TSA

That's right! We've heard it all and we're all sick of the Nude-o-scope body scanners. However yesterday a passenger decided to reveal the FULL Monty for the TSA and surprisingly, since it wasn't a overly revealing computer image, the TSA didn't approve and instead the gentleman was …

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Added by When DoubleWides Fly on April 19, 2012 at 8:53am — No Comments

Trip Report: Delta JFK-LAX in the New "Economy Comfort"

The new Delta Economy Comfort isn’t anything that great! Sure it’s a few more inches of leg room but other than that it is absolutely nothing to write home about. Other Airlines have had “plus” style seating for years. This includes Jet Blue, United, Virgin America, and a number of international airlines. Some airlines only have these plus seats in the bulkhead or exit rows, whereas other airlines like Jetblue and United reserve several rows in the first rows of economy for these “plus”…

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Added by When DoubleWides Fly on April 13, 2012 at 9:19am — 2 Comments

Flying Cars Are Here!

THE FUTURE IS NOW! Airlines are out and the flying car is here! The Transition by Terrafugia Inc. last week said they flew their flying car for 8 minutes at a low 1,400 feet, only 32,000 feet lower than the typical Boeing 747. The Transition flying car has fold up wings, 2 seats, and 4 wheels known and can be driven like a car or flown like a small plane.

The car has about 100 orders already but will probably never become part of mainstream American consumerism because the price tag…

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Added by When DoubleWides Fly on April 11, 2012 at 12:22pm — No Comments

Korean Air A380 Business Class Seoul-New York

2/21/2012 Was FINALLY the day I got to fly the new A380, and this wasn't just any A380 - it was the ONLY A380 with the entire upper-deck dedicated to business class, a full bar/lounge in the back of the business class deck reserved for Business class and First class passengers ONLY, a small self-service bar in the front of the plane and a "duty free showcase." Needless to say I was MORE than excited to fly the Big Blue Smurf!…

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Added by When DoubleWides Fly on April 9, 2012 at 8:50am — 1 Comment