RSSHow To Turn Your Hoodie Into An Emergency Laptop Carrier
21 Mar 2012 No Comments
in How-To's, Ninja Skills
The Trendy Girl shows you how to turn your hooded sweatshirt into a makeshift laptop carrier in 8 easy steps 
How Not To Freak Out At Today’s Airfare Increase
26 Jan 2012 No Comments
in News
In a boring but completely relevant update, starting today, airlines must advertise their airfares inclusive of taxes and fees. While this means no more “$9″ sales from Spirit and the likes, you’ll never have sticker shock at the end of a 20 minute booking session when the final price jumps by several hundred dollars.
So this is just a reminder to keep this in mind next time an airline runs a fare sale and the prices display higher than you’re used to seeing. You’re not paying more; you’re just seeing the real price earlier in the booking process.
How To Find Your Luggage Using Your Phone
29 Nov 2011 No Comments
It looks like DELTA’s trying to shake their moniker…”Don’t Expect Luggage To Arrive” with a cool new feature to it’s Fly Delta app – bag tracking. Now, you can enter your bag number (from the sticker they put on your boarding pass whenever you check a bag) and the app will let you know where it is.
Move Over, Black Friday…Travel Shopping In The Skies
22 Nov 2011 No Comments
in Budget Travel, News
Move over, Black Friday. FlyBuy Wednesday is here. “FlyBuy Wednesday” when Gogo, a leading provider of in-flight connectivity has a special deal for passengers traveling onboard the more than 1,200 Gogo-equipped aircraft this holiday season: Free In-flight Internet access.
Along with 30 minutes of free access, passengers will get special discounts and in-air only exclusives at more than a dozen top online retailers including Macy’s, BestBuy.com, and Barnes & Noble.
The goals is to give passengers traveling for the holidays the opportunity to shop high above the holiday crowds of Black Friday and get a jump on Cyber Monday.
It will help travelers get ahead on their holiday shopping while they’re in the air starting on what is traditionally one of the busiest air travel days of the year: the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, or FlyBuy Wednesday
Gogo’s in-air holiday store will be available from Wednesday, November 23, 2011 through the New Year. The online store features special holiday discounts and in-air only exclusives from retailers including Barnes & Noble, BestBuy.com, FTD.com, Harry & David, hayneedle.com, jcpenney, Lobster Gram, Macy’s, Omaha Steaks, Wine.comand more
How To Avoid Exhorbitant Roaming Charges When Using WiFi
19 Sep 2011 No Comments
in Budget Travel, How-To's, News
Traveling overseas, and want to avoid insane roaming charges while using your data plan? You might want to leave your phone behind and rent one instead.
Launched by a firm called Tep, the pocket Wi-Fi device turns 3G signals from overseas operators into a wireless connection to offer free internet browsing.
The rented smartphones also offer free internet access and the ability to make calls and texts at local rates.
Renting a phone means that travelers would be without important numbers saved to their primary work devices, but Tep suggests overcoming this by copying data from the personal SIM to the rented phone and then deleting the data before returning the handset.
All devices can be posted to a home address or hotel, or picked up at the airport, and can be returned in a postage-paid envelope. Tep will also erase any data left on devices to relieve worries of compromised information.
Access to a Tep smartphone – currently Samsung’s MiniS or Europa Android devices – or the Wi-Fi hotspot costs £4.95 per day, with unlimited internet access and calls and texts at local rates.
Wi-Fi in hotel rooms can be very expensive, up to $30 in some hotels, not to mention, finding Wi-Fi in an unfamiliar city is not always easy. If you know you will be heavily dependent on wi-fi while abroad (you too, facebook addict), then this is definitely something worth looking into.
How To Get Free Wi-Fi on Delta This Month
08 Aug 2011 No Comments
in Budget Travel, How-To's, News Tags: delta, free wifi code, free wifi on flight, go-go, wifi
One of the good things about Delta is that you can count on there being wifi on pretty much every flight – including regional jets.
Delta and Diet Coke are teaming up to offer free wifi for the month of August when you use code DIETCOKEGOGO.
How To Score A Free Google Chromebook on Virgin America Flights
01 Jul 2011 No Comments
in Budget Travel, How-To's, News, Product Reviews, Transportation
Starting today and running through the end of September you’ll be able to test drive a Chromebook on select flights from San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, and Chicago. Learn how after the jump: More
How To Sneak Your Caffeine Fix Past The TSA
23 Jun 2011 No Comments
in Food, How-To's, News Tags: caffeine fix, caffeine sheets, Sheets, TSA
Pissed that you have to hunt down another energy drink after the grumpy TSA confiscates yours for his private stash? Maybe you just need to “Take a Sheet” says NBA star LeBron James of his new energy drink alternative, paper-thin dissolvable strips that pack as much caffeine as a average cup of coffee.
Think Listerine strips meets Red Bull. Order here: More
How To Access Facebook For Free On Alaska Airlines
08 Jun 2011 No Comments
in Budget Travel, How-To's, News, Transportation
photo credit: philosophygeek
Alaska Airlines has been upgrading all their airplanes fully equipped with in-flight internet access, by the end of June their planes will be equipped and able to hit up Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and more from 35,000 feet in the sky thanks to Gogo.
To celebrate, the airline is teaming up with Facebook to offer free access to the social networking site through the month of June.
Five Ways To Get Starbucks Coffee in the Skies
04 Jun 2011 No Comments
in Food, How-To's, Product Reviews, Transportation Tags: airlines, starbucks coffee
When you need your caffeine fix, there’s plenty of airplanes where you can grab a cup of your favorite joe from the comfort of 16F.
photo credit: Myrone Delacruz
United Airlines:
There’s no lattes or fancy stuff, but when you’re stuck at 35,000-feet above the ground you take what you can get—especially when it’s one of the free beverage options.
Porter Airlines:
Both in their lounges—at Toronto City Airport and Ottawa International Airport—and in the air, Starbucks is an option. They are now brewing Starbucks Pike Place Roast up in the skies, and apparently they’re the only one in the world to do so.
easyJet:
The airline carries that Starbucks VIA instant coffee stuff but it will set you back a few bucks per pack.
Horizon Air:
Horizon Air has in-flight beverages covered. Not only do their offer up free beer and wine on all their flights, but they’re also brewing some pretty decent stuff in the airplane’s galley. Starbucks is free for everyone on board, and they also offer up the Tazo brand teas. It’s especially saavy for an airline like Horizon which frequents wet and chilly Seattle and the Northwest where good coffee is a NEED!
All Nippon Airways:
They’re following the path of easyJet and charging for sticks of the VIA coffee option at like 200 yen per package—that’s $2.50 or so. It’s hard to resist some of the fancy teas that you’d never find back here in the states, but if you aren’t into tea then Starbucks is just a credit card swipe away.
