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  • Trip Report: Spirit Airlines BOS-FLL

    Due to the terrible winter we have had in the northeast USA, I decided it was high time to get myself to a warmer climate. My girlfriend was already down in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for work so the destination was an easy choice. This also gave me the opportunity to fly Spirit Airlines direct from…

  • Top 5 Warm Weather Destinations

    Winter weather got you down? I know in some parts of the United States (I’m looking at you Boston) winter came in full force with blizzards and daily bitter temperatures. The best way to escape the cold is to fly far, far away. For many in the Northeast and Midwest of the US the Caribbean, Florida…

  • AirAsia CEO Handles Tragedy With Leadership

    Many times in 2014 airlines were in the news for all the wrong reasons. In the airline business customers are quick to throw stones when airlines mess up and reluctant to applaud you for a job well done. I think many passengers forget how difficult it is to run an airline, not to mention make it…

  • Jennifer From the Deals We Like Blog

    Today we are very excited to present a guest post with Jennifer from the Deals We Like blog which is featured on the very popular travel blog roll BoardingArea. As a child she learned the frequent flyer ropes from her father, who often got their family upgraded and many times they flew for free. Her passion for travel…

  • Boston Logan Lands El Al

    Cut another notch in the belt for Boston Logan International Airport! In a report released on 11/11, Massport the authority that operates Boston Logan announced they had reached an agreement with El Al Airlines, which will offer three nonstop flights a week to Israel, beginning in June. Today’s count has Boston Logan serving 41 international destination. By…

  • 5 Airports with Best Extracurricular Activities

    Summertime travel in the US can be an arduous and aggravating process. With booming storms, crowded runways and full aircraft; delays and cancellations are bound to happen. So we at the tripchi airport app wanted to brighten up your travel blues and bring you our top 5 most exciting extracurricular activities from airports around the world.…

  • MashHacks Travel Hackathon at Hack/Reduce in Cambridge

    Last Saturday tripchi (aka Chandra Jacobs, me, the author) participated in a Mashable Hackathon at Hack/Reduce near Kendall Square, in her hometown of Cambridge, MA. The theme of the #MashHacks Travel hackathon was right up my ally – mobile travel technology! The sponsors of the event, Emirates Airlines and Mashable, were offering up a round-trip…

  • Limping & Wheeling Through Denver, and Back to Boston

    As I mentioned in my last blog, I arrived in Denver a few weeks ago, just a few days fresh from ankle surgery in Boston. After a pleasant journey and flight with United Airlines, and gate to taxi wheelchair service from the kind folks at Denver International Airport, and after a pleasant ride with an…

  • Limping & Wheeling Through Boston Logan and Denver International Airports

    The sad truth is that, even in this day and age, it’s hard for disabled people to travel. I recently had ankle surgery to stimulate tissue regrowth in an 8mm “hole” in my ankle (talus chondroplasty), where bone and cartilage should have been. The surgery went fine – the challenge began once the surgery was…

  • The Periodic Table of… Airlines?

    Are you an aviation nerd? Or maybe just a nerd who lives to travel? Then you’re going to love this new mashup – the beloved Periodic Tables of Elements and airline reviews. eDreams has done the hard part of racking and stacking the world’s airlines and displaying them into cute infographic – embedded in the…

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