Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 21/04/2009 – Airlines That Embrace Twitter & Why It Can Be A Valuable Tool For Them –DUE TO THE NUMBERS ON TWITTER CHANGING CONSTANTLY ALL INFORMATION IS VALID AS OF 12:04PM EST (GMT -5) ON 22-APRIL-2009– With airlines continuing to lose money, the global economy in decline and competition for…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 16/04/2009 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : My Gate Now How many flights have you been on where the cabin crew announces connecting flights only to not announce your connecting? This is increasingly frustrating when you have a tight connection, or the gate has been changed. Over the past…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 15/04/2009 – United Airlines Institutes Two-Seat Requirement For “Customers Of Size” United Airlines appears to be following the lead of Southwest Airlines in regard to seating accommodations for passengers who cannot comfortably sit in a single seat. While United instituted the “Passengers Requiring Extra Space” policy on the 4th of…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 13/04/2009 – Airline Bereavement Fares, Are They Worth It? Late on Saturday evening I received e-mail from an old friend from school asking me if I could help him find a last minute low cost fare to Phoenix (PHX) so he could attend his Grandmother’s funeral. During our brief e-mails…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 10/04/2009 – Why Do Flyers Choose A Specific Airline : My Son’s Opinion Recently I have been very focused on business and policy issues related to airline travel. My focus on what attracts frequent flyers to airlines has been driving much of my research and been useful to clients…however my…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 07/04/2009 – Photography & TSA Airport Security Checkpoints…Its OK! Over the past few years photographers in the United States have run into some significant difficulties when photographing near Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport security checkpoints and directly photographing TSA checkpoints. Some incidents have resulted in a lecture others in photographers…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 06/04/2009 – Frequent Flyer Miles Have Value : Use Them Or Lose Them Are you using your frequent flyer miles? You earn them when you fly, chances are if you are a frequent traveler you also earn them through your credit card, your hotel stays, your car rentals and through…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 05/04/2009 – Qatar Airways & US Airways : An Unusual Alliance? Last week an unusual, and somewhat one-sided, alliance was formed between two international airlines. On the 2nd of April Qatar Airways and US Airways announced a code-share agreement between the two airlines. This agreement opens up the Middle East,…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 04/04/2009 – Airport Security Stops & Harasses Passenger For Carrying Cash On the 1st of April Steve Bierfeldt, a political consultant, was stopped and questioned in a very harassing manner regarding a sum of cash he was traveling with by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Mr. Bierfeldt was departing St….
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 03/04/2009 – Europe’s Air Passenger Rights For The European Union In the past I have discussed the important need for a Passengers Bill of Rights in the United States. While organizations such as FlyersRights.org aggressively pursue this legislation, there is a model that can be followed in the United States….
