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United Will Not Charge for Meals on Transatlantic Flights
We all know drivers who've headed down the wrong road and gotten lost in a seedy neighborhood, despite their passengers' pleas to turn around. Well, United Airlines is no different than those drivers. (OK, it's much bigger and not at... read more

How Much Do You Love U.S. Airlines?
Not as much as Chip Ponton. Ponton, a worker in the air cargo industry for two decades, has a collection of over 550 model airplanes in his home, housed in a room with a curved ceiling that invokes an airplane... read more

Hilton Hotels Adds Eco-Roofs to Baltimore, Asheville Properties
Who says eco-travel has to mean wearing mosquito netting while avoiding quicksand in a Central American rainforest? Certainly not Hilton Hotels, which is about to have a pair of properties with greener roofs—and last time I checked, neither Asheville nor... read more

JetBlue's Voice Recognition Software Hears What You’re Sayin’
I was actually tempted to title this post “JetBlue Doesn’t Want to Hear It,” but that would have been unfair; they just want their actual human customer service reps to have to hear it as rarely as possible. They, as... read more

Hilton Hotels Have Michael Phelps Swim to Beijing
At first glance, the "Hilton Swim to Beijing Relay" sounds like something the Hilton Hotel chain relied on heiress, celebutante and dubious pride-and-joy, Paris Hilton, to conjure up: With a whopping 6,250 miles in between Los Angeles and Beijing, let’s... read more

Delta and Other U.S. Airlines Flying Fewer Jumbo Jets
The image of a jumbo jet pulling up to the gate is not unlike that classic movie poster from Jaws, which features the massive shark's teeth rising menacingly toward the swimmer—but in a good way! It's hard to say why... read more

JetBlue Now Taking Cash, US Airways Not So Much
There's nothing like a fistful of dollars or a nice, fat stack of twenties to make you feel rich. Looking at your online bank statement or listening to an automated recording of your credit limit just doesn't have the raw... read more

United Unveils Cool New Ads for Olympics
If you've watched at least an hour of the Olympics this year, you've no doubt seen one of United's fancy new animated commercials. They are meant to convey a sense of wonder and magic, as if either of those two... read more

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