A baby was born on a VietJet flight from Taipei to Bangkok. The boy was delivered by one of the pilots after learning that a passenger had gone into labor in the lavatory. Medical personnel met the aircraft on arrival. The pilot noted, “He will be able to tell everyone for the rest of his life that he was born in the air,” he said of the newborn baby boy.” The crew gave the baby the nickname “Sky.”
Author: Travel Curmudgeon
IHG Hotels Is Paying People To Download Their App (Do This Now)
IHG One Rewards will give you 500 points for downloading their app. All you need to do to get the points is log in – no hotel stays required.
500 points are worth about $2.50. In effect, IHG is paying people to download their mobile app, as long as it’s done by June 30, 2024. They call it “the easiest 500 points ever.”
And you thought your credit card had a high limit?
Delta Air Lines has a corporate American Express card with a $1.1 billion credit line. They use it for fuel purchases – they’re one of the biggest buyers of jet fuel in the world. And they own an oil refinery. The crazy thing is that they have to pay off this card monthly and they still max it out! How many miles is that worth?
Frontier has announced the launch of nonstop service on 17 new routes from various airports across the US and internationally in May 2024
Look for Frontier Airlines to add new service from across the US and the west coast into California this spring —with most of the California flights using Ontario Airport as their hub. Will other carriers follow Frontier into Ontario????
ELON MUSK RUMORED TO HAVE OFFERED $40 BILLION FOR TRAVELCURMUDGEON.COM!
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Airline Passenger’s crappy day
An airline passenger’s wife and two toddlers were waiting for him to return to his seat. She began to wonder what happened after five minutes. After ten minutes, their four year old became impatient for daddy. She overheard a flight attendant talking about a passenger being “stuck in the potty.” He was stuck for 35 minutes until the pilot had to rescue him.
Leave A Tip For Housekeeping
Hotels have been on a mission to cut back on housekeeping costs. They don’t want to do full cleans of every room every day. They’ll make you request it (and sometimes fill out paperwork) so that there are fewer rooms to clean, and they can hire fewer housekeepers who don’t work as many hours. And Hotels are pushing tips for housekeepers so they don’t have to pay the housekeeper as much.
Extra critters in some rooms in Vegas?
Some Vegas hotel folks have been finding extra critters in their rooms of late — BED BUGS — be on the lookout!!!
Best “Bargain Cities” in Europe to live
As US residents begin threatening to leave the country if they don’t get their way this upcoming election, check out Prague or Helsinki for bargain-hunting expats.