What Zagat people think of airlines

Zagat has published results of survey among their members. For US domestic flights operated by large airlines, Continental was voted No. 1 in premium class while JetBlue took top honors for economy. Virgin America ranked 1 in premium class and Midwest for economy among midsized airlines. For international... Read more

Cities guides by easyJet

EasyJet publishes online some guides to their destination cities. They are updated frequently (bonus!). They cover transportation info from the airport to the city, good selection of restaurants and bars, seasonal events and some hints for “must to visit” areas and shopping. List of guides... Read more

80 hours nightmare courtesy of Alitalia

On November 12th, 4 nuclear physicists go to Rome Fiumicino to board an Alitalia direct flight to Buenos Aires to attend a congress in Buenos Aires - they get boarding cards and go to gate. Flight was scheduled 10pm but it is canceled at 9pm. Alitalia diverts the passengers to a flight to Sao Paulo,... Read more

And you’ll get to travel!

Author is Sam, a female corporate lawyer, who lives in NYC and writes a nice blog, Very Simple. Story below is taken from one of her posts. Flew (from US) to London Sunday night, landed 6:30 Monday morning. Was at my firm’s London Office by 10. Stayed until about 10:30 pm. Drank about 17 cups of espresso... Read more

How to get an itinerary of your trip

Especially if you are going to have a complex trip - multiple flights, hotels and locations - TripIt will save you timing and lot of separate pieces of paper to carry on. Simply forward all different confirmation emails you get from travel agencies, airlines, trains, hotels and rental cars and TripIt... Read more

Check-in via mobile by British Airways

Log in at http://www.ba.com/mobile using your mobile handset and enter your booking reference number and your last name, and voila’ you can do the check-in. Few months ago BA launched an application for iphone to view timetable and track flights.  Read More →