Posts Tagged ‘airline’

Not Your Everyday Travel Tips

Stop me if you’ve heard this before… it’s a good idea to differentiate your luggage by tying a brightly-colored object to the handle… oh, you’ve heard that one? Here are some tips that may not be as common, based on experience and mistakes I have personally made or have learned about from my frequent flier clients and colleagues. Don’t travel with gel pens. One time I fell asleep on a plane… Continue reading

May 6 2008 | By Lorie | Tagged: advice, airline, luggage, marker, tip, travel | 8 comments»

Survive A Plane Crash: Move To The Back

You could always justify your crappy seat in the back of a plane trip by telling yourself that in the event of an air crash, you'd be more likely to survive than those in first class. Well, it's actually true. Popular Mechanics have gone and studied every American plane crash since 1971 and found that the survival rate for backseat flyers is higher than those in comfort. In 11 of… Continue reading

July 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: airline | 12 comments»

Complaining Has Its Rewards

ABC News have a little article about making complaints to companies to get what you want. If you have a problem with a service, you are generally entitled to something and you'll need to complain to get it. Wendy Bounds, senior editor of the Wall Street Journal, has some tips in 3 areas. Cell Phones When trying to wiggle out of a long-term contract, Bounds said it's important to look for loopholes… Continue reading

April 9 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: airline, cellphone, creditcard | 4 comments»

How to Track Airline Miles or Points with Quicken 2007

Flexo at Consumerism Commentary blog migrate his financial software from Microsoft Money to Quicken and found out there is a missing feature in Quicken which is to track airline mile points. He finds a way to do that with Quicken's normal account tracking facility: One of the features I liked when I used Microsoft Money was the ability to track airline miles or points. I didn’t accumulate many, but it… Continue reading

February 27 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: airline, Money, software | 1 comment»