The Plane Truth: News Roundup

• Yeah, it doesn’t look good for us common folk.
• 7 Things Miley Cyrus (and this writer) thinks airlines should get rid of.
• No more hot meals on United Airlines international flights.
• Here’s a follow-up to yesterday’s story about Orbitz wanting to get paid for a ticket that was never sold.
• American Airlines teams with MasterCard.

The Plane Truth: News Roundup

• This is awesome.
• Here’s the Top 3 Most and Least “Fee Crazy” Airlines.
• Even Diddy has problems flying.
• Fork over your money to check your bags on Northwest!
• Midwest does away with legroom.
• Orbitz tries to screw a client over.
• Baby born on airplane. Soon to be a Tom Cruise movie.
• Airlines have screwed 343,000 people this year alone.

The Plane Truth: News Roundup

• No more cash for drinks at Southwest. Good business move, bad for us drunkards who can’t keep track of a tab.
• 4 Secrets for ‘Coping’ with airline cutbacks.
• You can officially pay less money for a sub (hoagie, etc.) in New York City than you would pay on a United Airlines flight.
• Here’s a man who got screwed by United Airlines and successfully fought back.
• Yeah. Who needs a little thing like LIFE VESTS on an airplane?  GEEZE.
• Bet you my next plane ticket to San Diego that they blamed the delays caused by this on the weather too.

The Plane Truth: News Roundup

• I almost want to do this.
• United Airlines’ sneaky attempt to screw customers over.
• Great news for those Denver/New Orleans travelers; when are we getting a nonstop flight from NY-RDU?!
• Not great news for those flying between Boston/San Jose and Boston/San Francisco.
• JetBlue has been appointed to the “Gotcha Hall of Shame.”
• Are we screwed either way?
• Delta’s getting sued for holding 7 jet engines “hostage.”

The Plane Truth: News Roundup

• I agree with most of this.
• What’s the point of frequent flier miles if you still have to pay an arm & a leg for actually deciding to use them? Go Delta!  All it takes is one and then everyone else wants to do it too…
• Book a trip to Europe with your MasterCard and US Airways will give you a discount of some sort.

The Plane Truth: News Roundup

• Great suggestions on how to beat the system with all these new charges.
• DUH…but, JetBlue…not Delta?!
• Southwest & American Airlines have drops in traffic.
• Pricing chart for unaccompanied minors.

The Plane Truth: News Roundup

• Southwest’s 7 Secrets for Success. Still wish that they’d fly direct from NY to Raleigh though…
• Not only did these Delta passengers get stranded in an airport 5 hours from where they should have landed, a bus carrying passengers to the original airport crashed, killing the driver & sending 12 passengers to the hospital. Bet they didn’t get their money back either.
• Spirit Airlines graciously drops their $10 fee for booking flights online.
• American Airlines customers get so angry at the crew for being late that the airline punishes them by delaying their flight for a day & sending their luggage the the wrong airport.
• Delta flight blows out tires, circles JFK airport to burn off fuel, dumps more fuel in the water & lands safely. Spokeswoman “did not know when they were last replaced.” Show of hands – who thinks they still made those passengers pay for their ticket anyway?
• This woman should have checked the website, but she also should have gotten the names of both Delta reps who gave her the wrong information and almost cost her an extra $300 on an already $306 ticket.
• United Airlines blames pilots for canceled/delayed flights.
• American Airlines lies and cheats customers just as badly as Delta does.