Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta announced via a press conference this morning the agency’s response to a report and recommendations from the Portable Electronic Devices Aviation Rulemaking...
Read MoreThis morning, the Federal Aviation Administration announced its determination that airlines can safely allow passengers to use their Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight. Yes, I’m looking forward...
Read MoreA colleague and I departed a downtown Washington, DC, office about 5 minutes apart. I was the later one. I hailed a taxi (took a few minutes…maybe 5), and proceeded to Washington National Airport. This was in the noonish...
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Delta Air Lines flight 208 (Tokyo – San Francisco) made an emergency landing in a remote...
Read MoreThe last day of my 2-week marathon is here! I return to a normal posting schedule starting tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s a little “Best of” content. In today’s post, I cover elite status reciprocity...
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On Friday, I ran a giveaway to welcome Million Mile Secrets readers and look back at some of my...
Read MoreThe VIOLATIONS On October 22, 2013, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) accessed fines against two ticket agents for violating the Department’s rules on disclosure of code-share flights. DOT issued a $125,000 fine...
Read MoreGreetings from a Delta flight to the ATL. I’ll swap out packing cubes there, and head out on another business trip. Good times. It’s busy all of a sudden, but I won’t complain. I did get to spend the weekend on...
Read MoreAs you know, MrsMJ and I are spending the weekend aboard Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas. Majesty has a few special distinctions for us. One, she was the first ship we ever cruised aboard together, and is the ship we share...
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The U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined United Airlines $1.1 million for lengthy...
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