Weekly roundup Friday 1 October 2010
Good morning Sincere thanks to everyone who responded in the first week of this year's fundraising drive. You are even more special this year, for two reasons. First – the good news – the first week's …
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Miscellaneous Roundup Friday 1 October 2010
Here's an interesting article which implies you can sometimes succeed in negotiating down the foreign exchange fees charged by your bank/credit card issuer when you're buying things in a foreign currency. You might sneer at this concept, but a …
Weekly roundup Friday 24 September 2010
Good morning It has been another busy week, and I've a lot of content to give to you, but first, it is once again that time of year (well, actually, slightly past that time of …
Airline Roundup Friday 24 September 2010
One of the things the airlines glibly trot out every time they seek an anti-trust exemption from the Department of Transportation, and one of the things the DoT delightedly accepts without question, is that the …
Miscellaneous Roundup Friday 24 September 2010
We're all familiar with the concept of airline seats that are too narrow for us (and for the people on either side of us) but there is precious little we can do in such cases …
Weekly roundup Friday 17 September 2010
Good morning It has been an interesting and busy week, and I've lots of good things for you today as a result. In sort of chronological order, probably no-one will be surprised that my extensive …
Airline Roundup Friday 17 September 2010
In addition to my main item about the DoT refusal to V Australia and Delta's request for an alliance to operate service across the Pacific, V Australia's parent company, the Virgin Blue Goup, had a …
Miscellaneous Roundup Friday 17 September 2010
Canada has issued a travel advisory for France, urging Canadians to keep photocopies of the ID page of their pasport, along with copies of their driver's license, travel documents and credit cards, all in a …
Security Roundup Friday 17 September 2010
In theory, using eye/iris scanners as a way of establishing the identity of visitors to the US seems like sort of a good idea, although you have to wonder why the US uniquely has this …
Weekly Roundup Friday 3 September 2010
Good morning And hello from Pahrump, NV, where I'm staying in a surprisingly good Best Western with huge rooms complete with fridges and microwaves, but in which the internet is glacially slow. I'd mentioned I'd …
Weekly Roundup Friday 27 August 2010
Good morning I am now back from a delightful 12 days in New Zealand. While I enjoyed the visit, I continue to be dismayed and aghast at the costs of everything in New Zealand, and found it …
Weekly Roundup Friday 20 August
Good morning I've now spent almost a week in New Zealand (the picture shows me with my daughter – in pink – in the Waitomo Caves). I arrived into Auckland on Saturday morning, traveled on …
