Unusual to see Bugles for snacks at the Star Alliance lounge at Barcelona El Prat airport (Chris McGinnis)
TravelSkills’ 12 most popular posts over the last week (descending order)… plus a few newsy nuggets we missed.
1. Stay tuned for our next post about the food: Trip Report: The SWISS “Roche coach” to Zurich
2. Economy’s humming so they keep coming: New routes: Dallas, Orlando, SFO, Atlanta, LAX, Houston
3. Chris back on CNN: Don’t make these mistakes in San Francisco (VIDEO)
4. Our secret TripAdvisor workaround: Can you still trust hotel review sites?
5. It’s not that bad out there, is it? 6 reasons why now is travel’s golden age
This little guppy flies across the Atlantic (Photo: Mark Skarratts / Flickr)
6. The baby bus is super cute. Seen it? Planespotting 101: Airbus A320 family differences
7. Paris was burning this week: Taxi drivers burn Uber cars in France (VIDEO)
8. Mysterious occurrences: Will your next flight get hacked?
9. This one played well on SFgate: Which nationality steals most from hotels?
10: But does it really need one? Atlanta airport to get half-billion dollar facelift
11. Update: Delta got a reprieve Delta’s Love Field fight down to the wire
12. IHG adds some cool tech touches: Just speak into your watch
The most valuable space on the plane? (Image: SuperJet Interiors)
Quote of the week:
Regarding the recent carry-on bag brouhaha, Virgin America CEO David Cush said, “We give away the most valuable space on the airplane—the overhead bin—and we charge for the least expensive space — in the belly.” Nonetheless, Virgin is unlikely to change its policy.
Juicy nuggets of news from other sources that we missed on TravelSkills this week:
>United takes deep dive into South America buying 5% of Brazil’s Azul
>Qatar Airways announces Atlanta-Doha flights in 2016
>United’s transcon p.s biz class seats to Newark now available and plentiful
Some spiffy new socks in Delta’s upgraded amenity kit (Image: Delta)
>Uber drivers must provide ride cost estimate up front
>How often can you apply for a Chase card?
>San Jose Airport provides lukewarm welcome to Uber, Lyft
>Hotels with the most outrageous resort fees
>Detroit: Best airport in the world?
Don’t have time for a river cruise? Then enjoy a six-minute, time-lapse video of a two-week Amsterdam-Budapest cruise: video
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