Free airline snacks are far and few between but there are some so good, we don’t want to wait for another flight to taste them again. Luckily, we’ve done some sleuthing and found our favorites in grocery stores and specialty shops around the country. Found your favorite in-flight goodie on the road? Let us know!

· Constant Craving: Biscoff Cookies
Delta Airlines has raised the hackles of many a customer, but you’ll find few willing to complain about the sweet, crunchy, cinnamony goodness of the Biscoff cookie. We were thrilled to find them in our cookie aisle, but even better? The new Biscoff spread made up of 50% of Biscoff cookies. There’s even a new crunchy version with chunks of cookies in it (swoon!). We’ve tossed aside our peanut butter and Nutella with scorn and slathered this goodness on everything from toast to English muffins. Yeah, it’s a problem.

Where to Get ‘Em: The cookies have been spotted in Walgreens, Ralphs, and even Walmart, but the spread can be found in the peanut butter section in stores like Shop Rite, Kroger, Hannaford, Wegmans, and even on Amazon.com.]]> Chanize 2012-01-25T12:17:09-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/6/1/71220/24438

If you like furry animals and chances to win stuff, then we have a contest right up your alley. Frontier Airlines is looking for a little help in naming their latest animal mascot. Right now the new badger on the block is nameless, but the airline did gather a few suggestions from residents of Wisconsin. After all, the cheese heads know a few things about badgers as well.

Cookie, Buddy, and Bella—a possible ode to the Twilight series—are the three options from which you can choose. Technically the airline wants opinions from Wisconsin residents only, but you can always just throw in a Milwaukee zip code to put in your two cents. However, we’re not going to take the blame if you get denied the grand prize. ]]> kjb 2010-06-01T15:00:45-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/4/13/105223/036

Buh-bye, Midwest Airlines! As of today, the Midwest brand begins to fold into Frontier Airlines, a move announced only moments ago.

Some background:

Republic Airways Holdings is the lucky bidder that took over Frontier on October 1, 2009, after Frontier hit bankruptcy proceedings. Only a few months prior, Republic had purchased Midwest Airlines. Today Republic held press conferences in Milwaukee (home of Midwest) and Denver (home of Frontier) to announce the joint branding and marketing efforts for all three names to become one: FRONTIER. And what's more, Midwest's symbol of in-flight hospitality, chocolate chip cookies, will remain!

More Frontier news, after the jump! ]]> JetSetCD 2010-04-13T12:22:55-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/4/9/81127/74145

Last week we were busy wondering what was going on with Frontier and Midwest Airlines, and now we thankfully know a little bit more regarding their future. Unfortunately we’re still not sure if the Frontier’s spokesanmials will survive the upcoming changes.

Republic Airways—they’re the ones that now own both Frontier and Midwest—is ready to announce something on April 13. The consensus is that they’re going to reveal a unified branding across the two airlines, and hopefully that will somehow include both cute animals and freshly baked cookies. According to a Republic internal memo, the airline plans to “reveal our 1 promise, 1 vision, and 1 goal for the new brand.” ]]> kjb 2010-04-09T10:36:22-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/4/1/83446/97734

In order to figure out what's happening at Frontier Airlines, we need to check out the deal with their airline sibling Midwest Airlines and their airline parent Republic Airways Holdings. Hopefully there won’t be a family feud anytime soon, but certain family members might be moving out of the house soon enough.

Just last week Delta added a little note to their website to indicate that Midwest Airlines would no longer be part of their SkyMiles program. So as of June 7 there won’t be an opportunity to earn any SkyMiles on Midwest Airlines flights, and since Delta doesn’t offer freshly baked cookies like Midwest does, this makes the news even worse. Frontier Airlines already offers the ability to earn miles on Midwest Airlines as well as AirTran, and we’re thinking that Midwest is ditching Delta to maintain uniformity across the Republic Airways brands. ]]> kjb 2010-04-01T11:40:15-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/2/16/225427/212

For those sick of endless delays and crowds at Chicagoland airports, a little help might be on the way. Actually, it’s already here, but it all depends on whether or not you agree with the marketing. The General Mitchell International Airport—it’s the airport in Milwaukee—wants to serve as a solid third option for those looking to head out from the Midwest.

It’s not as close as Newark is to Manhattan, but a 90 minute drive into Wisconsin isn’t that bad of an option. The airport saw a record number of passengers at the end of 2009, and they want to continue pulling in travelers well into the next decade. ]]> kjb 2010-02-17T09:35:18-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/11/24/16243/812

The newest Zagat Guide on airlines is up. 5,900 fliers averaging 17 flights per year were polled about 16 domestic and 66 foreign airlines. After all the results were tallied the major US winners - rated on comfort, service, and food - turned out to be Virgin America and low cost carrier Midwest Airlines. If you're just flying coach your best bet is apparently JetBlue, which tallied up 19 out of 30 points. And if your top concern for some reason is your luggage, Southwest should be your airline of choice. Full results are posted at the Zagat site.

In contrast to when we covered this survey two years ago, travelers also found room for some grudging compliments: "consumers feel some marginal improvement in comfort and service." That's actually fair given how airlines have been consistently improving at last their outward numbers. We never tire of telling you that civilian aviation is the safest it's ever been, while September had the highest on-time rate since 2003.]]> Omri 2009-11-24T17:09:54-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/