Consumer Traveler Today: March 25

Consumer Traveler Today: Cellphone check-in and boarding passes – ready for prime time?
 
 
Cellphone check-in and boarding passes – ready for prime time?
What we’re reading: Iberia may soon merge with BA, WTO says Airbus subsidized, whole-body scanner ogling
Delta flight attendant uniforms over the years
Did lobbyists eviscerate Sen. Menendez’ Clear Airfare Amendment?
What went wrong with the Menendez Clear Airfares amendment
British Airways to customers – you’ll pay for our strike
Cellphone check-in and boarding passes – ready for prime time?
Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:18 AM PDT
Some airlines are now allowing passengers to use their phone as a boarding pass. American Airlines, for example, has been expanded their test to almost 30 domestic airports. Continental, Delta and Alaska are also using the system in some markets.
       

What we’re reading: Iberia may soon merge with BA, WTO says Airbus subsidized, whole-body scanner ogling
Posted: 25 Mar 2010 03:00 AM PDT
Iberia may soon merge with BA, WTO says Europe subsidized Airbus unfairly, airport worker warned in scanner ogling claim
       

Delta flight attendant uniforms over the years
Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:09 AM PDT
Here is a fun trip through the airlines' past. A short look at Delta Airlines' flight attendant (stewardesses back then) uniforms. This collection is enjoyable from the changes that have taken place in styles to the changes in how flight attendants are seen by the public.
       

Did lobbyists eviscerate Sen. Menendez’ Clear Airfare Amendment?
Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:14 AM PDT
Clear Airfares amendment changed at the last moment to fit it into the manager's amendment. Too bad.
       

What went wrong with the Menendez Clear Airfares amendment
Posted: 24 Mar 2010 07:30 AM PDT
The story about the Menendez amendment to the FAA Reauthorization Act is a tale of an eviscerated consumer amendment. The amendment had problems in its construction and fell victim to airline industry pen-and-ink last-minute changes.
       

British Airways to customers – you’ll pay for our strike
Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:30 AM PDT
As the British Airways strike continues, the airline has decided to take a hard line with their passengers as well as the striking employees. Here's one of many nasty examples.