Qantas Airways Web Site Crashed During First Day of Centennial Birthday Sale
In celebration of 100 years of being in business as of November of 2020, Qantas Airways started offering 100 airfares each day for four days at a cost of $100.00 each way when purchased as a round trip itinerary in what is being called a “once in a century sale”: its birthday sale…
…but the official Internet web site of Qantas Airways became inoperable as the sale started yesterday at 5:00 in the afternoon Eastern Standard Time, as it apparently could not handle the traffic of all of the people trying to snag one of the 100 airfares between Los Angeles and either Melbourne or Sydney.
I received an Internal Server Error message when I attempted to purchase one of those elusive tickets…
What is Fuel Tankering — and Why Is It Discouraged?
Approximately 20 percent of all flights in Europe is estimated by researchers of a recent study to involve at least some element of a practice implemented by airlines which is known as fuel tankering, according to…
An Appropriate Place to Be On The Telephone — or Gone Too Far?
To the guy who was in the washroom in the restaurant at which I dined earlier tonight: you could not wait a few minutes to use your mobile telephone until you were at least finished with what you were doing at the urinal?
Upon entering the washroom…
Test Piloting a New Airbus A350 Flight Simulator: The Video
New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Seattle, Atlanta and Goose Bay — you know, the airport in Newfoundland and Labrador where airplanes divert in the event of an emergency such as when this Boeing 767-300 aircraft operating as United Airlines flight 958 from Chicago to London had to land there back in June of 2015 — were among the destinations on the spontaneous flight itinerary during a solid two hours in an Airbus A350 flight simulator so new that a pilot had yet to be officially trained in it.
The video…
Upcoming Changes to Hold Mail Service October 2019 by the United States Postal Service
If you place your postal mail on hold via the Internet while you travel, know that a couple of changes will be implemented to the service in order to provide you with greater security: effective as of early October of 2019, the United States Postal Service will require you to do the following prior to using its Hold Mail service…
Customs and Border Protection System Outage Strands Thousands of Passengers at Airports Nationwide
A system outage of the Customs and Border Protection of the United States created a ripple effect of stranding thousands of passengers at airports nationwide from New York to Los Angeles — forcing passengers who are entering the country to be processed manually.
…but the systems are reportedly…
Another System Failure Impacts British Airways Operations August 7 2019
A failure in the information technology which is crucial to the operations of British Airways at its London Heathrow Airport hub, London Gatwick Airport hub, and London City Airport hub forced the beleaguered airline to delay, cancel and reschedule greater than 500 flights earlier today, Wednesday, August 7, 2019…
…and the “domino effect” has spread to…
How to Earn 500 Bonus World of Hyatt Points For Each Stay 2019
You can earn 500 bonus World of Hyatt points for each qualifying stay you complete at participating hotel and resort properties worldwide through Monday, September 30, 2019 when you book your reservations on the new official mobile application software program — and no registration is required in order for you to participate in this promotion.
Each qualifying stay must…
Total Solar Eclipse in Argentina and Chile: December 14, 2020
“If you have the opportunity to see a total solar eclipse in person, do whatever you can to see it. Not everyone will be amazed by it; but I was — and your next opportunity is in southern Chile and southern Argentina on Monday…
Ends Tonight: Get Your Share of Money From Lithium-Ion Battery Antitrust Settlement
If you have not yet submitted a claim, tonight is your last opportunity to do so: you may be eligible for a share of $113 million from an antitrust settlement which was reached in litigation if you purchased a laptop computer, camcorder, mobile telephone, “smartphone”, tablet computer, digital audio player, camera, or cordless power tool for your own use and not for resale between Saturday, January 1, 2000 and Tuesday, May 31, 2011 and was a resident of the United States during that period of time…
…but you must…
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