by Sid Lipsey We Flew the New Delta One Business Class: Is it Worth the Money? If you are taking a 90-minute flight for a two-day trip to Reno, being scrunched up in economy is something you can easily shake off. But if you’re taking a 14-hour flight...
by John Webber Over at Reddit, someone asked airline employees to share secrets about air travel. Here are 12 of the most noteworthy revelations plus some really strange secrets: 1. Dogs aren’t into flying. “If you checked your dog, there’s...
by John Webber Explore the Amazonian Rain Forest on a Luxury Cruise The new luxury cruise ship R/V Amazon Discovery, by Haimark Ltd., has begun its service into a world that is so rich in plant, mammal, reptile, bird, fish, and amphibian life that each...
by John Webber A list of the World’s Safest and Most Dangerous Airlines When it comes to picking which airline to fly, few things matter more than safety and AirlineRatings.com examined 407 airlines to find the safest in the world. So before you book...
by John Webber / All images courtesy of ThinkStock 25 Things You Didn’t Know About San Francisco: Facts & Factoids 1. The Chinese fortune cookie was invented by a Japanese resident of San Francisco. 2. And Irish coffee? It was perfected and popularized...
by John Webber Comparing Economy Coach Class seats on Long Haul Trans-Continental Flights. There’s nothing like a middle seat on a long flight to remind you how uncomfortable flying can be. But some airlines do better than others, and AirlineRatings.com...
by Stephanie Rosenbloom Duty-Free. The concept is decades old, and yet it continues to perplex travelers. Like Kramer in “Seinfeld,” many are lured by the siren song of the duty-free shop. Others think like George Costanza. “Duty-free,” he says...
What It’s Like to Fly Onboard BA’s Business Class-Only Plane BY Graham Boynton British Airways (BA) last year celebrated the sixth anniversary of its business class-only service between London and New York. That may appear to be a rather underwhelming...
Gas prices are crashing – so why are we still paying Fuel Surcharges? by Al Vaughters When the price of fuel — diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline; was spiking toward an all-time high, many businesses created fuel surcharges to offset the bite those...
by Paul Brady What It’s Like Aboard the $117,000-a-Seat Four Seasons Jet The TCS jet is a specially outfitted Rolls Royce engine Boeing 757-200 with only just 52 business class-style seats throughout and with a slick all-black livery. While TCS...