Mahshid Mazooji missed her connecting flight in Charlotte, North Carolina and therefore had to spend the night in the airport. Rather than sulking, she decided to make a dance video with the airport staff working that night. This is someone that seems to take a bad situation and make it a fun situation. I would…
Wells Fargo previously revealed that over 2.1 million accounts were fraudulently opened due to a culture of high pressure sales tactics. Today they revealed that an additional 1.4 million fraudulent accounts bringing the total to 3.5 million. In addition, over 500,000 folks were potentially enrolled in online bill-pay without their authorization. Wells Fargo expanded its…
Starbucks is giving away their Gold status from July 20th to July 31st. Simply go into any Starbucks and purchase any drink or food item with a registered Starbucks Card or app and receive a full year of Gold benefits. Gold level benefits include Monthly Double-Star Days, a personalized gold card, and free drinks or…
Interesting news stories: * The world map drawn by 17,000 travel itineraries * Man checks a can of beer as luggage * Your stuffed animal can take a trip without you
Princess Juliana International airport in St. Martin is really close to Maho Beach on the Dutch side of the island. A popular tourist activity involves holding onto the fence while nearby planes take off. The winds created by the jet’s engines create a tremendous force often sending people flying in the air. However, sometime people…
I recently took a flight with my young daughter. I had booked the flight months in advance and had put her on the aisle and myself in the middle. When we went to check in at the Salt Lake City airport – our boarding passes reflected this seating arrangement. When it was time to board,…
I recently stayed at the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport. In the room was an alarm clock with an iPod / iPhone charger. The issue is the alarm clock charger has the 30 pin connector which was introduced in 2003 and phased out in 2012 in favor of the newer 8 pin “lightning” connector. If…
I still remember the first time I heard the announcement of the iPod. The concept of being able to take ALL your music with you was unheard of. There had been various players on the market but nothing that had reached critical mass. Prior to the iPod, I would travel with my CD player and…
I was rushing around trying to get pick up all my toiletries to go to the airport. Usually Salt Lake City airport doesn’t have very large security lines and so I thought that it would be easy to make it in time. As I was driving in order to get to the airport, I remembered…
Traditionally, applying for a line of credit involved showing up in person to a bank or credit union and having an interview. Today, we’re inundated with online credit card offers touting enhanced sign up bonuses and extra perks. As a safeguard, the banks often will ask you security questions in order to verify that the…
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