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The Week We Updated Our Travel Apps

February 3, 2012 at 5:45 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
American Airlines does something right: Instagram
Bathing, Budapest-style
4 iPhone apps to make your travel images AWESOME
Montreal has a $95 all-you-can-drink & eat beer fest

Also: Mesmerizing: watch a ship pass through a Panama Canal lock
LAME:
Flights down under get even more expensive, dangit.
Why would someone want to bury a perfectly good Boeing?
Emergency landing! Everyone out...via forklift?!

Also: In-flight prayer cards are on more than just Alaska Air

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Window Seat or Bust

January 27, 2012 at 9:53 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
Where to buy your favorite onboard snacks, on the ground
Hot seats: which airline will get which upgrades in 2012

Also: Fly Air Chanel
LAME:
London's upcoming airport (its like, bajillionth) hits a major snag
Even less legroom coming to Southwest Air
Rand Paul versus the TSA

Also: McDonald's "Prosperity Burger?" No thanks.

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The Week We Flew Over 20 Hours One-way and Liked It

January 20, 2012 at 7:24 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
Everything A380 because it's all we can think about
Aww yeahhhh...Virgin Australia launches sexy, sexy business class
Miami's New World Center is awesome & not a cult church or anything

Also: British Airways continues to (pleasantly) surprise & SFO's in-flight cocktail museum & VOLCANO!
LAME:
ABC's Pan Am finished shooting their season. Now what?
It's not too late to volunteer to clean up Joplin, MO's tornado mess
Stop bringing guns to airports, people!

Also: Arenal is "most definitely not a Disney volcano" & Go away, stupid sun

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Gone Traveling.

January 13, 2012 at 7:08 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
National Parks open up for free this weekend!
Kai surfs Costa Rica (and how to do it, too)
Six US airports for stalking the A380

Also: Tiny toiletries!
LAME:
Airfares for Coachella? One word: YIKES.
The TSA expands their "PreCheck" program
VIDEO: heart-stopping crosswind landings

Also: The airline that once had a plane hit a horse

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The Week We Learned an iPad is Not a Passport

January 6, 2012 at 5:26 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
Is this the most spectacular flight in the US?
Atlanta Airport gets ready for 150 new eateries. Dayumn!
We flew a 737 all by ourselves!!! (pretty much)

Also: Japan is getting its groove back (in the sky) & Upcoming winter beer fests
LAME:
London's Olympic athletes get to skip the long immigration lines
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME (or anywhere else)
'Breaking Bad' is asking you to be good, for a role

Also: A Boeing 747-8 got all wet

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Happy Trails and Happy Holidays to You

December 23, 2011 at 4:26 PM | by | Comments (0)

Happy Holidays and all that jazz! We're off for a merry long weekend, and we'll be back Tuesday.

FAME:
A flight attendant's top tips for staying healthy in the skies
Brisbane, Australia! Just as cool as Sydney or Melbourne, really.
7 Minutes in Heaven is really a Monaco helicopter ride

Also: Driving the awesome Pines to Palms Highway in Cali & NINJA PLANE!!!
LAME:
TSA Critics make their own (catchy) holiday music video
It's Qantas vs Virgin Australia for tech supremacy down unda
Umm. Don't travel to the Korean DMZ right now, mkay?

Also: A "meh" for mile-high speed dating on KLM

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And the Airline Lounge Panini Press Takes the Cake

December 16, 2011 at 5:50 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
Inside the shiny new Virgin Australia lounge at Brisbane Airport
Our personal, heartfelt recommendations for one Chicago nabe
Unique gift idea: airline lounge memberships

Also: An outdoor mall built from shipping containers in NZ &
Next-gen check-in on Qantas
LAME:
FastJet won't launch in Europe, but Africa instead
So, about British Airways' Premium Economy? It sucks.
Alec Baldwin apologizes to himself on SNL

Also: Another horrible, terrible week for the TSA

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'B' is for Boeing, The Beatles and Baldwin...

December 9, 2011 at 5:34 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
Four places to experience The Beatles history
Five foods you've just got to try in New Zealand
Ear candling in the name of frequent flying

Also: Holiday gifts for the Boeing & Airbus #avgeeks
LAME:
What Dita Von Teese must leave at home
Alec Baldwin gets kicked off an AA plane
Expert claims the TSA has wasted $56 BILLION.

Also: How come our carry-on isn't as cool as Gary's?

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Raise Your iPhone if You've Got a Thing for Jet Engines

December 2, 2011 at 5:05 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
Got the hots for jet engines? GE wants you & your iPhone.
A cute story about losing stuff on the Eurostar
This is officially on our Christmas list

Also: ZIPLINING!!!!!!
LAME:
American Airlines went bankrupt. Let's tweet about it!
New Orleans' abandoned Six Flags: still creepy, stil closed
US banks finally getting their act together on chip-and-pin cards

Also: ABC's 'Pan Am' possibly cancelled

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Traveling with a 100 Percent Chance of Getting Lei'd

November 18, 2011 at 5:00 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
10 hours non-stop to Hawaii, with free in-flight meals!
Everything you could ever want to know about Air New Zealand's love for wine
Obama, the Tourist! Tim-tams and Uggs on his trip down under

Also: How to send holiday cards to troops overseas
LAME:
Qantas begins the long road back to your good graces
Europe bans body scanners. Kinda, sorta.
Flight attendants kissing peaches

Also: Holland puts a kibosh on passing the dutch.

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The Air Continues to Fill with the Sweet Signal of WiFi

November 11, 2011 at 7:01 PM | by | Comment (1)

FAME:
Free WiFi coming to London...like, all over London
Know your American Airlines lounges
Richard Branson wants you to stay the night

Also: Krispy Kreme donuts in place of in-flight meals
LAME:
From British Airways to Avios: Uh oh!
Ryanair is still up to no good
United will get fleetwide WiFi, but it'll take years

Also: Seth Rogen thinks he's a pilot

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Kitty-themed Airplanes Sure Beat Qantas' Kangaroos This Week

November 4, 2011 at 5:55 PM | by | Comments (0)

FAME:
Three words: HELLO. KITTY. AIRPLANES.
Suburban US voluntourism through "Extreme Home Makeover"
Singapore Air's new budget airline has "Scootitude"

Also: Cheapie flights to Europe on an A380
LAME:
Iowa's Field of Dreams faces a more commercial future
Ryanair flight attendants strip to their knickers
Qantas' shutdown just starts a winter of strikes

Also: In-cabin ads piss off USA Today