How is United’s suit against Skiplagged similar to an event that happened in 2003 to FlyerTalk member chriseng? And will it all matter in the end?
Try To Occupy a Runway and You Will Likely Be Crushed
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Perhaps the Most Foolhardy Post I Have Ever Written, or Will Ever Write
In this post I would like to express my criticism of a fellow BoardingArea blogger – Wandering Aramean. I’m not judging his blog mind you. What I’m judging is his posting style within the travel community forums.
Judgment Week: Bloggers Who Write About Bloggers Who Push Credit Cards
It’s Judgment Week on ThreadTripping. In this installment: Loyalty Traveler and other bloggers and blog commenters who despise credit card-pushing bloggers.
“Regular kid-loud” Too Much for Some Passengers
I’m not a big fan of traveling on an airplane on which are also traveling children. But I understand that traveling with the little ones isn’t easy for the parents either … even though it is their fault that we are all on the airplane, and the earth for that matter, with these dirty little rugrats.
The Great Reclining Seat Debate Still as Entertaining as Ever
Some problems are exceptionally difficult to solve. And then there are problems that seem like they should be relatively easy to address, but never actually do get solved. Like, for example, the problem of airline seat recline and how it should be handled by passengers.
Two Tiers of Thought on Frontier’s One Tier Elite Program
Frontier Airlines recently announced it was getting rid of its current EarlyReturns elite levels and replacing them with one elite level with very limited benefits. They didn’t say it quite like that. But they didn’t gloss it up too much either.
Naked or Not, I’m Coming In
There are first-world problems … and then there are FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS. Feeling a bit uncomfortable when the hotel housekeeper demands to clean your room while you are still in it is a Class 1 first-world problem. Returning to your room after a short trip to the front desk to find the door propped open, the housekeeper busily cleaning away, and your wife still unaware in the shower – that has to rate at least a Class 5!
Lucky’s Perplexed? Say it Ain’t So
How do you get the most bang for your hard-earned miles? It’s a question that plagues all miles and points collectors – including one who you might be surprised to see struggle with it.
Just Another Spiritual Points Traveler?
I like my fellow BoardingArea blogger, Angelina Aucello – author of the Just Another Points Traveler blog. She’s good people. Just recently, however, I learned that Angelina is nuttier than a coach cabin in the 80s.
Study: Herd Effect Skews Online Ratings
According to an MIT study, online reviews can be skewed dramatically due to a social “herd effect” – which mostly results in over-ratings.
