Samsung unveiled its latest high-end phone at an event in New York, starting at 7pm Eastern time today (Thursday). The Galaxy S IV (also abbreviated as S4) is self evidently the successor to the very […]
Samsung Galaxy S IV Phone – The Last of the Super-Releases? Read More »
At one point, Google seemed to be the poster child of a new business ethos. Its core mission statement said to do no evil (with the clear implication that most major businesses happily would do
The underlying premise of both airline and hotel loyalty programs, although obscured by complications such as points and miles, is that after spending/staying/flying a certain amount, you get some small percentage of your participation returned
Hotel Rewards Diminish Further in Value – It’s Greed, Not Inflation Read More »
Good morning Happy International Women’s Day to all readers of the fairer gender. It is surprising that American retailers haven’t made this another event that mandates men spending massive sums on cards, gifts, flowers and
For seven weeks now, we’ve had more and more bad news and alarming revelations as the 787 burning battery saga unfolds. But this last week seems to set a new record for alarming revelations. It
Someone Stick a (Pitch)Fork in the 787 : Is It Done? Read More »
With the pending merger of American Airlines and US Airways, the two largest US carriers (the merged US/AA & UA) will control almost exactly 50% of the total market, and the three largest (AA, UA
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Good morning We are now on Day 45 of the Boeing 787 grounding, well past the 37 days the DC10 was grounded back in 1979. There is of course much more the 787’s present status
It is the oldest trick in the book, but sadly most people fall for it every time. Any time we are asked to approve a tax increase, we are told the extra tax is essential
Sequestration Charades Inappropriately Attack Air Travelers Read More »
Good morning We are now on Day 31 of the Boeing 787 grounding, with most of the media starting to lose interest in the subject, and little now visibly happening. But we’ve got an update
In a shock finding, The Travel Insider’s survey on attitudes to flying on the 787 after its battery problem has been resolved and it has been returned to the skies with renewed safety certification has
32% of Frequent Fliers Will Refuse to Fly on Fixed 787 Read More »
*** The chances are you may be getting this late on Sunday, not early on Friday. The email service provider I use for sending emails had an unexplained problem on Friday, and being located in
We know the airlines ‘play games’ with the fares they charge on the flights they offer. Some places are more expensive to fly to than others, not because of any difference in underlying cost to
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