Travel

One of my coworkers stays in a different Hilton or Hilton partner hotel every night because stays – not nights – count towards status.  So one night he stayed across the street from our Marriott.  The next night he stayed across town.  Nevermind that we had to go drop him off and pick him up. 

A few days ago I blogged about how to get through airport security.  Earlier this week I learned another good trick: ask to go through the explosive detector lane.  There’s no line there. Monday morning I arrived at the Denver airport twenty minutes before my flight was supposed to board and discovered that the security

The New York Times had an article yesterday about frequent fliers who lost their premier status because they had a baby or stopped traveling to care for a family member.  Before you say "whatever," realize that not having frequent flier mile status can mean allocating another hour in the morning to get through security.  It

I’m on a completely booked flight and as it started boarding they announced that if you had a middle seat you could buy an aisle seat for $29.  Since it’s a completely booked flight that means that they are giving away the seats of late comers.  People that reserved aisle seats and who haven’t shown

You can now carry water onto the airplane – any water you bought after you went through security that is.

Lufthansa is a stickler for the rules, whether they make sense or not.  Rules are to be followed and there are no exceptions.  Especially not for frequent fliers or people flying in business class or people who paid more for their ticket.  One traveller was recently barred from the from using the business class line

After I wrote How to go Through Airport Security Like a Pro a friend asked if you can take a sewing kit with needles through security.  The answer is yes.  You can bring: needles knitting needles crochet hooks blunt sissors finger nail clippers If you are ever in doubt you can bring a self addressed