Downgraded: Baggage carousels
I realize that airports are looking for ways to make money, and I admit I’m surprised this hasn’t been tried earlier, but the checked baggage conveyor belts will now display advertising at select airports. Yet another reason to carry on instead of checking bags…
Upgraded: Global travel
Downgraded: Swine flu
Good news on the swine flu front: A vaccine for H1N1 should be ready by mid-October. If true, that could have huge implications for the movement of travelers across borders.
Downgraded: Laptops at airports
How many laptops are lost at US airports weekly? 12,000. WEEKLY. And of those, 1200 are at LAX. Most are left behind at security checkpoints. Only a third are ever recovered. That’s horrible, and embarrassing for everyone involved.
Upgraded: Star Alliance
Continental gets the final nod to join Star Alliance. It will be departing SkyTeam.
Upgraded: Upgrades to Hawaii on Continental
Perhaps in the spirit of joining a new alliance, Continental is changing its rules to allow its elite-level OnePass members to upgrade free on flights to Hawaii. Jared Blank has more.
Upgraded: Traveling like a Dolphin
For the person who has everything, and wants to travel a little deeper: A personal submarine based on a dolphin. Promo video below. Bizarre.
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July 14th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Just came across a great resource for business travel. Seems to be really helpful, wanted to share it with everyone.
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=2072193&trk=anet_ug_grppro
July 16th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
So you can’t really see where your going when driving this? Doesn’t seem to go that far under water….just under the surface where you cant see, but with the option of jumping out of the water at speed!! Sounds great!!