Vox

Musings, rants, rambling, general nonsense

OK, This is Cool

From Commercial Aviation Today VENDOR/PROVIDER NEWS Connexion by Boeing yesterday unveiled pricing details for its high-speed in-flight Internet service scheduled to become commercially available this spring. Initially, there will be two pricing plans: Flat Rate Pricing Option: (Unlimited access to the Internet) $29.95 for long-haul flights (more than six hours); $19.95 for medium-haul flights (between […]

The Trip

I am leaving my job at the airline. Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know I love that job. It was my one truly customer contact job and I thrive in that environment (all my others involve sitting in front of a computer or otherwise working alone). It was […]

Travel Tips – again

Time to update this entry with more tips.Put your name on your bag. Seems obvious. Remarkably, we see 30-40% of bags come through with no name on the baggage tag, and another 10-15% with the wrong name listed (not the name of the person who checked it). Not so obvious, put your name inside your […]

More Travel Tips

Another update to this entry: Find a way to make your bag unique. Whether you check it (which I’ve already told you to try and avoid) or carry it on, it is best to make sure it is instantly recognizable. If you have to pick it up at baggage claim, it will go that much […]

More Air Travel Tips

To add to this previous post Watch your intake of alcohol. Not only does sitting in the airport bar watching the game increase the chances of missing your flight, if you are intoxicated you can be kept off the airplane. Yes, you read that right – if the agent at the gate thinks you would […]

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