Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 18/02/2009 – How Not To React To A Missed Flight Missing flights is an unfortunately reality of travel sometimes. A connecting flight lands late, weather delays, getting stuck in traffic, long security lines… and sometimes just making a mistake and running late. No one likes missing a flight, and while…
Web: www.comeflywithfish.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 18/02/2009 – JetBlue’s ‘Socially Responsible’ Marketing In A Shrinking Economy JetBlue Airways has often been at the forefront of innovative ideas over the past few years. As JetBlue has grown they have introduced some interesting promotions to keep their customer base expanding and to further their positive public perception among…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 16/02/2009 – Airbus Announces Beds In Economy Class…Again? This past week during the Business Travel Show in London Robert Lange, Airbus’ Head of Interiors, announced that Airbus was exploring how to introduce a bunk-bed concept into the Economy Class section of the Airbus A380 aircraft. This announcement by Airbus is…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 14/02/2009 – Southwest’s LUV Brings Broadband To The Flying Masses I have been holding onto this entry involving Southwest Airlines for the past few days, waiting for Valentine’s Day. Why Valentine’s Day? Because Southwest Airline’s ‘home’ is not only Dallas’ Love Field, but also the airline’s stock symbol (NYSE) is…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 13/02/2009 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Fake-A-Call Any traveller who has spent any time on the road can recall sitting in the gate area waiting for a delayed flight when ‘That Guy’ (or ‘That Woman’) sits down next to you and starts telling you the details of their…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 12/02/2009 – TSA’s New Encrypted Boarding Pass Bar Code : Didn’t I Discuss This In Detail Last October? A few days ago the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made it widely known that they would begin purchasing 2,300 electronic boarding pass scanners to be deployed to each airport checkpoint throughout the…
Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 11/02/2009 – What Would You Do If You Ran The Airline? Yesterday USA Today ran a travel column by David Grossman entitled “What would you do if you were CEO of a major airline?” The timing of David’s column for me comes after a significant time of thinking about this…
Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 6/02/2009 – Fish’s 5 Essential Travel Twitterers You Should Follow Do you Twitter? Do you want your travel information available to you in short easy to read messages? If you like your info short and to the point, why not follow some ‘Travel Twitters?’ It took me a while to…
Web: www.comeflywithfish.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 6/02/2009 – iPhone ‘App’ Of The Week : Bargaintravel.com Travel Toolkit As a traveler I use a variety of different iPhone Apps to make my life easier while helping others travel, while planning travel and while traveling. Some iPhone Apps overlap, some are redundant and get used side by side…
Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 4/02/2009 – What An Airline Should Never Say To Calm Passengers Down This morning while reading the London Daily Mail I was reminded of an event that was initially reported on the 28th of December. On the 28th of December 2008 Aeroflot (SU) Flight 315, flying from New York’s JFK…
