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A Travel Comic…I Hope

27 January 2010

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A friend of mine sent me this link to a Penny Arcade comic that got me laughing. Although I have written a lot of flying and the security measures surrounding it, there’s no point in taking it too seriously all of the time. Taking it with some humour is the only sane way out. The [...]

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Awkward Aeroplan…Awesome Outcome

21 January 2010

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Are you interested in booking a free flight with all those Aeroplan miles you’ve been saving? You’ve signed up for credit cards just for the points, leaving you with more credit than most people have mortgages. You’ve bought those rock hard granola bars so that you can get the extra 25 points as a bonus. [...]

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Touch and Feel With The TSA

12 January 2010

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credit: dan paluska Ever sine the attempted terrorist bombing on December 26th there have been new security restrictions in place for flights to the USA. Now that I’ve successfully flown through them it’s time to set the record straight on exactly what goes on for these flights. The warnings were always pretty vague. Likely meant [...]

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Thoughts On The Travel Restrictions

29 December 2009

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I feel a rant coming on…A failed terrorist attack has done it again. We are once again facing the prospect of airport security enhancements. While I do respect the authority under which these security measures are decreed, I disagree with the reaction to this incident by the authorities. There are a lot of reasons so [...]

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