United Airlines passenger, Dan Adams, used Apple AirTags to track luggage, but still lost them in Spain
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United Airlines passenger, Dan Adams, used Apple AirTags to track luggage, but still lost them in Spain

ByNews Polite

An American couple – using a digital age hack to keep track of their luggage as they flew overseas for a European vacation – were left frustrated with United Airlines when one of their bags never made it to them despite them knowing exactly where it was. Dan Adams and…

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom
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Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom

ByNews Polite

Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Spirit, the biggest US budget airline, has lost more than $2.5 billion since…

Winter storm to bring first widespread cold snap ahead of Thanksgiving week travel
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Winter storm to bring first widespread cold snap ahead of Thanksgiving week travel

ByNews Polite

A late November storm is set to bring a variety of impacts, including severe weather, accumulating snow, high winds, and the first real blast of wintry-like temperatures this season, which could threaten travel at the start of Thanksgiving week. The storm is forecast to develop out of the Rockies early…

Raccoon falls from LaGuardia ceiling, forcing Spirit staff, flyers to flee
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Raccoon falls from LaGuardia ceiling, forcing Spirit staff, flyers to flee

ByNews Polite

They flew into a frenzy. Frightened staff and flyers at LaGuardia Airport fled the Spirit Airlines’ gate after a rambunctious raccoon was spotted hanging from the ceiling before dropping to the floor of the Big Apple terminal, shocking footage shows. Shrieks of horror filled the budget carrier’s section of the…

NYC airport named best in the US: new survey
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NYC airport named best in the US: new survey

ByNews Polite

Hold onto your luggage, folks!  NYC’s dramatically made-over LaGuardia Airport has been named best in the fifty states, according to the Forbes Travel Guide.  Yes, that’s the same LaGuardia that President Biden once infamously compared to “some third-world country.”  President Biden once infamously compared the hub to “some third-world country.”…

Mark Cuban drunkenly bought lifetime American Airlines flight pass for 5,000 — ‘and then I upgraded it’
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Mark Cuban drunkenly bought lifetime American Airlines flight pass for $125,000 — ‘and then I upgraded it’

ByNews Polite

Mark Cuban didn’t wait long to splurge after his first big pay day. The now billionaire bought a lifetime flight pass from American Airlines for six figures while drunk and celebrating his first big deal back in 1990, Cuban explained to host Shannon Sharpe on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast…

SF sues Oakland over ‘confusing’ airport name change: ‘Bullying’
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SF sues Oakland over ‘confusing’ airport name change: ‘Bullying’

ByNews Polite

Fog-geddaboutit! San Francisco has been accused of “bullying” after slapping nearby Oakland with a trademark lawsuit — sharply warning the crossbay rival to “stay away” from its brand. The brouhaha by the Bay began after the burg Gertrude Stein once described as having “no there there” rebranded its airport (OAK) —…

Passenger outraged over ‘nightmare’ ,300 first-class cabin
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Passenger outraged over ‘nightmare’ $6,300 first-class cabin

ByNews Polite

Grubby cabins aren’t limited to coach. A high-rolling entrepreneur who shelled out over $6,000 for a first-class seat on Air India was flabbergasted to find that it had ripped furnishings, grime around his seat and a broken-down in-flight entertainment system. He detailed this veritable inflight Fyre Festival in a clip…