“3 Day” Hotel Layover in New York

Contributed by one of our readers (like most of our posts): I fly the redeye Thursday night from SFO. 6 AM in NY. I fly Saturday night to TLV. Order hotel online and you will find out that its a 3 day event: Day 1 is previous day for early check in Day 2 is [...]

Avis – we try harder (to scam you!)

Avis & friends have this great racket going. $19.95/day and you get a nice fully loaded car. Fully loaded with extra costs, as it turns out. And if you are an “Avis Preferred” customer – you get to skip the lines – and not notice the extra charges. Todays scam has been reported by a [...]

We have clearance Clarence. Roger, Roger. What’s our vector Victor?

There is no doubt that Airplane! is one of the funniest movies ever made. Ask the flight crew on your next trip. 28 years later, the cast got together on the Today show in New York. Yes, this blog is very serious but some humor on – airline food, lost luggage, new york trees, fat [...]

The Rabbi, The Goat and the ElAl Fuel / Frequent Flyer Surcharge

The Rabbi, The Goat and the ElAl Fuel / Frequent Flyer Surcharge Yes folks, it has happened again. A Yiddish folk tale from 19th century Europe has been reenacted in 21st century Israel. Its the story of the Rabbi and the Goat. ElAl, after tacking on $500 to a “bonus” ticket on their Matmid Frequent [...]

Kids are in School, Airfare is Down – Fly to US for Fall Foliage

After 50+ posts about how to fly to the States and back, focusing on preserving your sanity and getting a good deal, I decided (based on reader demand) to write a blog post on what to do in the States. Today is Labor Day and the fall season officially kicks off, at least in the [...]