Category Archives: flights
When airlines change the particulars of the flight you’ve paid for – any recourse?
Well it’s happened again: An airline has changed the flights we’ve already paid for. And this time, notice comes a scant two weeks before the trip on Thanksgiving day. My husband was flying from Des Moines to NYC via Milwaukee … Continue reading
More good flight news from Des Moines
Getting to the Des Moines Airport will be trickier during the next few months, due to road construction en route – especially for people coming from the north. But there is some good news – Delta is adding flights to … Continue reading
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Sun Country – cheap flights from Minneapolis
A story about small budget airlines in last Sunday’s NYTimes Travel section caught my eye – especially the tidbit about Sun Country Airlines, which I’d never heard of. It flies from Minneapolis/St. Paul to 30 destinations in the U.S., Mexico … Continue reading
Filed under airfare, flights, London, Minneapolis, Uncategorized
Watching tv on the plane out of Des Moines
This is a first – watching “30 Rock” on the flight from Des Moines to Chicago. It was a United flight – much bigger plane than usual and more amenities. Amazing. Now in NYC – where I landed yesterday afternoon … Continue reading
Filed under Des Moines, Dining, flights, new york city
Thanks for the eagle eye Capital One!
Minutes after I pressed the computer button to authorize use of my Capital One credit card to buy an online ticket yesterday for a domestic flight on Air Panama in February, our phone rang. It was someone from Capital One … Continue reading
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Airport apps – for future reference
Not that I have a smart phone yet but if I did/if I do, here’s a few flight-related apps suggested recently by the NYTimes: – Take me to my car. – Unlike other similar apps, this one is free … Continue reading
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The scoop on overhead bin space in planes
Got the goods – maybe – on how to best ensure you get a space for your carry-on baggage in those airplane overhead bins. This from a recent AP story: – Book a seat in the back of the plane. … Continue reading
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What’s a “choice” seat on an airplane?
A choice seat – and one that can cost more – on a US Airways plane is a window or aisle seat close to the front, according to the NYTimes. For Jet Blue, it’s the exit rows and rows 2-5 … Continue reading
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canceled flights in DM – thanks to Chicago
Friends en route to London from Des Moines via Chicago’s O’Hare Airport yesterday ended up stuck at the DM airport for five hours, then home again – when their flight was ultimately canceled due to bad weather in Chicago that … Continue reading
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