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Flight Review: Southwest 659 and 514 ORF-BWI-BOS
Background and Ticketing I bought these tickets as part of a return leg from a wedding in Maryland and a week in sunny Virginia Beach, VA. When I fly back to BOS from the Hampton Road area I have a choice of two airports, Norfolk International Airport (ORF) and Newport News International Airport (PHF). Richmond’s…
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Arriving in Bujumbura
It was a 30 hour journey from LAX to BJM (Bujumbura, Burundi) that started at 2230 Dec 26 and ended at 1500 Dec 28. Somehow we lost a day in there due to the time change and the 13 hour flight from IAD – ADD (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). All told we have 4 flights: LAX…
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Flight Safety Videos Get Funny
Not only are we entering the age of Airport 2.0, where airports are improving (at least in terms of food and retail concepts), now in-flight safety videos (you know, those ones you HAVE to watch with your undivided attention prior to take-off) are also improving. Namely, they are getting funny. Airline marketers are finally realizing…
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It’s Not Cheating – the Affair
By Adam Bush In my previous blog, I talked about my torrid love affair with Vino Volo. I was in the thralls of love. But then something changed in 2012.
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It’s Not Cheating (If it’s in a Different Airport Code)
By Adam Bush Recently on a boys’ trip to KRK (Krakow), I had an almost six hour layover at IAD (Dulles). This was mostly by choice since I would rather spend extra time at the major hub airport than be delayed at my home airport of ORF (Norfolk) and lose a day flying overseas because I missed a connection.
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tripchi goes international at Boston Logan
Getting around Boston Logan for international travel has always been a little more difficult than other airports. Terminal E seems overextended and difficult to manage (it’s not the friendliest). You can have problems trying to find a place to sit down and security lines can back up for hours; once you get through security, however,…