Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 18/05/2009 – Ryanair’s New Fee To ‘Check In’ & The Real Cost Of Some Low Cost Carriers Everyday hundreds of thousands of travellers take to the internet to search for the lowest airfare for their travels. Eventually many of these travellers with find themselves at the website of a Low-Cost-Carrier…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 13/05/2009 – Airline Baggage Fees : The Airline Industry’s Financial Salvation? Throughout the past year airlines have suffered massive financial losses due to record high fuel prices, a weakening global economy and declining demand for airline seats. In an attempt to increase their financial stability many airlines in the United…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 12/05/2009 – Air New Zealand’s New Ad Hides Nothing As the competition for traffic Down Under increases established carriers have watched new carriers pop up, watched as ambitious carriers have begun domestic services in foreign countries and have certainly stepped up their advertising campaigns. Air New Zealand lead the pack…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 7/05/2009 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Airfare There are many iPhone Apps for finding flights online, and on my iPhone I currently have around half-a-dozen iPhone Apps for either booking flights or finding the ‘cheapest flight.’ Sometimes the ‘cheapest flight’ is not the most convenient flight, but then…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 1/05/2009 – The Mountainsmith Network : An Ideal Bag For Those Stuck In Economy Class Briefcases, satchels, messenger bags, etc are part of nearly every travellers’ kit. Most travellers have a favourite bag, and many have a dozen favourite bags.  I fall into the latter category; I’d be hard pressed…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 29/04/2009 – The Airline Contract of Carriage & Baggage Policies : Are You Covered? It is a common story, one I am e-mailed about almost weekly and often read about online more than once weekly. What is this common story? That an airline has damaged a camera, a lens, a…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 28/04/2009 – Bags Appearing Overweight : Are Women More Likely To Be Stopped? A few months ago I sent out an informal poll to 30 frequent business travellers that I was reminded of today. This informal poll directly addressed traveling with a ‘legal carry-on’ bag that appeared to be over…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 23/04/2009 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Cathay Pacific’s CX Mobile No matter what opinion any flyer may have of the three major global airline alliances, one thing is clear, OneWorld alliance airlines are dominating the iPhone App technology. Back in October of 2008 I wrote about the release…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 22/04/2009 – Who Can Make An International Airline Awards Show Fun and Lighthearted? Fish Can! Tomorrow night, the 23rd of April 2009 the dingy red carpet (probably snagged from an airline’s ‘elite boarding line’ while no one was looking) will be rolled out at Fort Lauderdale International Airport’s Hilton Hotel…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 22/04/2009 – Its Earth Day…Do You Know Your Travel Carbon Footprint? Happy Earth Day! I know that every day should be Earth Day, but one day each year we stop and actually think about saving this 3rd Rock From The Sun that we live on. As travellers we often have…
