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Arlene's Air Travel Blog July 2008 Archive

By Arlene Fleming, About.com Guide to Air Travel since 2002

Airfare Specials this Week

Thursday July 31, 2008
Time for some airfare specials, where the marketing department definitely had fun naming the sales - these are a few of the sales on this week... Virgin America has come up ... Read More

Qantas Blowout

Tuesday July 29, 2008
A few days ago, a Qantas 747 enroute to Melbourne had a blowout in the air. A hole, about 10ft high busted through the fuselage in the cargo hold area. ... Read More

Flight Disruptions in Germany

Monday July 28, 2008
Frankfurt is a huge gateway city for flights to all parts of the world. Most Frankfurt flights I have seen have at least 75% of its passengers connecting onwards. Thus, ... Read More

E-mail Virus Targets Airlines

Sunday July 27, 2008
Northwest Airlines is among the airlines warning passengers not to open an e-mail reading "Buy flight ticket Online" as it contains phony record locators and an attachment that contains a ... Read More

Changes at Continental Airlines

Saturday July 26, 2008
Continental Airlines has been one of the most vocal airlines in opposing the idea of a merger as an option. Instead, it has looked to focus on building stronger alliances ... Read More

Airfare Specials this Week

Thursday July 24, 2008
One special is about travel within the US. The others are about going to the Caribbean and Latin America. Intro airfares for US to Honduras on Delta Airlines. Delta will launch daily ... Read More

Go! Ahead and Pay for Your Checked in Luggage

Monday July 21, 2008
With the collapse this past spring of both Aloha Airlines which served Hawaii for 61 years before its fuel-driven demise, and ATA which flew as a low cost airline, with ... Read More

Thumb-twiddling it is...

Saturday July 19, 2008
More cost-cutting measures abound with the airlines in the past week or so. US Airways has decided to clip its inflight entertainment on domestic routes. This means no more movies ... Read More

Airfare Specials this Week

Thursday July 17, 2008
Ah, was a struggle to scrape up some airfare specials for this week, but here are a few of the better ones I found... AirTran is having a sale with the ... Read More

Flying Fees...Fun

Monday July 14, 2008
The rapid increases and changes to fees in air travel have not only confounded passengers and airline employees alike, but have led to a bit of a cottage industry in ... Read More

Cha-ching - Change Adds up for TSA

Saturday July 12, 2008
Who hasn't left loose change behind at airport security screening points, or known someone who has? I suppose I hadn't really thought of where those coins went, but it seems ... Read More

Airfare Specials this Week

Thursday July 10, 2008
This week, the focus on airfare specials is where you can find airfare specials, and not just the destination-specific ones that I often write about, but from the airport most ... Read More

Donation Equals AAdvantage Miles

Wednesday July 9, 2008
Here is a rather unconventional way to earn frequent flyer miles - donate to a good cause and earn. "American Airlines has raised more than $600,000 for Susan G. Komen for ... Read More

Statistical Safety in an Aisle Seat

Monday July 7, 2008
I don't know if it is all that surprising, but a recent study of airline crashes and survivors has found aisle seats to be safer. In particular, the aisle seats ... Read More

Getting Seats Together on a Flight

Saturday July 5, 2008
I really enjoy the posts in the Air Travel Forum that I receive from readers of the site, particularly when it's something I can answer! Getting seats together on a ... Read More

Airfare Specials this Week

Thursday July 3, 2008
Happy 4th of July for those who are celebrating this weekend. I often find the beginning of July to be a bit of a wasteland for air specials. Many times ... Read More

The Real Costs to Airlines with Rising Fuel Prices

Tuesday July 1, 2008
When you hear numbers like $130 or $140 a barrel for crude oil, it's kind of hard to imagine what that translates into for actual fuel prices. I thought it would ... Read More
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