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Former Virgin America CEO and Jaunted interview subjectFred Reid just, uh, landed a new job as the head of two private aviation firms. He’ll start running Dallas-based Skyjet and Flexjet on August 25.
Skyjet is a charter service, while Flexjet offers fractional jet ownership. Both are owned by Bombardier.
Reid was with Virgin before it launched to […]

Next time you’re in Manila and need a gaming fix, the obvious choice is FriiSpirit, a Wii-focused hangout in Quezon City. Fully stocked with projection screens, beanbag chairs and cheap eats, it’s an always-busy student hangout, says PSFK.
After hours things get even more interesting. Friday nights, one of the owners whips up fancy food to […]

With fares going higher, and low fare seats getting scarcer, there is no better time than now to brush up on your flexible date search skills. If you don’t particularly care when you fly as long as there’s a cheap fare, flexible is the way to go.
To help you, we’ve put together this nifty chart […]

For most people in New York, the Long Island Railroad is either the bane of their commuter existence or the one thing standing between Manhattan and partying on the beach. But writer Emily Meg Weinstein decided she’d ride the train just for the hell of it–and think about her upbringing in the suburbia it serves.
Her […]

We’re here, we’re everywhere, get used to it! Okay, that’s not really the message that the travelers who attended the travelbloggers meetup at BlogHer 08 sent, but it’s not far off. “We matter!” is closer to the heart of things.
I know. You’re wondering what qualifies me to comment on an event I didn’t attend. […]

Is the wind in the Windy City a little clearer these days? Two and a half years after the City Council passed a “public places” smoking ban, residents are pleased overall–even if the ban has had some unintended consequences.

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That’s the rumor, anyway. For quite a while, AA has been enticing travelers to buy tickets only on its own site, aa.com, with its DealFinder widget, which offers 10 to 30% off on various routes with the use of promo codes.
According to this blog post, cash-crunched American no longer wants to pay double booking fees […]

Heaps of airlines are cutting their flights into LAX, and by November the number of planes coming into and out of the airport will be down by more than 16 percent. That’s hundreds of flights a day. Among those carriers involved are American, Delta and United. Though an airport spokeswoman won’t confirm all the cuts, […]

The age of the low cost carrier may be over–at least in Mexico. The Atlanta Journal Constitution says prices are already up 25 percent this year, and increases show no sign of stopping.
Along with rising fares, international and Mexican carriers are grounding planes and trimming capacity. Meanwhile bus companies are putting their fares on sale–a […]

Hachette Book Group USA has put out another book that I fell in love with. (The first set of books from Hachette that caught my attention were those by Stephenie Meyer. I was thrilled to learn that Twilight is being made into a movie set to open on December 12, 2008!) This latest book, Say […]