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Why Don't Airlines Award Loyalty Points Based on Dollars Spent Rather Than Miles Flown?

Quora | Posted 05.12.2012

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This question originally appeared on Quora. Michael McGraw-Herdeg, Microsoft PM (Excel Services). Yes, the legacy US airline model of "if you you ...

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JetBlue Wins Landing Rights At Reagan Nat'l Airport

AP | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- JetBlue is buying landing rights in New York and Washington in a $72 million deal that reshuffles some of the players in air travel to t...

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Matt Sledge

'Carmageddon' Could Curb Carbon Dioxide Emissions -- Or Cause Them To Climb

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 09.14.2011

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On an average July weekend, 500,000 cars drive on I-405 in the Sepulveda Pass. But this is no average weekend: "Carmageddon" has descended on Los Ange...

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405 Closure: Bike Mobs, Helicopter Tours, & Airplane Commutes

Posted 09.12.2011

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In the chaotic few days remaining before the planned closure of ten miles of the 405, offers are popping up to, alternatively, disrupt, watch, and avo...

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My New York: 15 Questions For Joel Dovev

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 08.20.2011

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Who: Joel Dovev Age: 28 Current Gig: Writer, Comedian, Creator of CrapAtMyParentsHouse.com (pre-order The Crap At My Parents' House book here), ...

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Tips for NASA: Houston, You Have a Problem

John Bobey | Posted 07.26.2011

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John Bobey

You shot yourself in the foot by calling them Space Shuttles. "Shuttles" don't boldly go where no man has gone before, they go to Chicago, and occasionally bring you from Parking Lot T to the front entrance of the State Fair.

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Morgan Spurlock: Mr. Product Placement

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.22.2011

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Marshall Fine

The suit is by Ted Baker of London and Morgan Spurlock owns three copies: charcoal gray, nicely fitted, festooned with lavishly embroidered logos of h...

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For the Right: A Regular Deregulation Celebration

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

When it comes to regulating, the Right is downright irregular. Now that Republicans control the House, they're hell-bent on further deregulating cor...

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Not Another Year-End List!

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

Why am I so obsessed with American politics in the first place? Does it really matter, or does interest in politics merely occupy the same part of the brain that used to handle starting line-ups, batting averages and RBI's?

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JetBlue's Near Miss At Boston Airport

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — A quick-thinking air traffic controller at Boston's Logan International Airport urgently told a JetBlue flight to "hold" just before it...

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Tiffany Livingston, Playboy Model, Has Panic Attack Mid-Air, Tries To Jump Out Of JetBlue Plane

nypost.com | PHILIP MESSING | Posted 05.25.2011

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A buxom Playboy centerfold tried to bust out -- midair -- from a jet yesterday amid a bad case of high anxiety. Sexy 21-year-old model Tiffany Living...

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JetBlue: Flight Attendant Steven Slater's Big Exit Was For Good

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A flight attendant who captured America's attention when he told off a plane full of passengers and then slid down an emergency chute...

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From a Passenger on Jet Blue Flight 1052: Why Steven Slater Has Gone From Working Class Hero to Public Enemy Number One

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Heather Robinson

OK, I know almost everyone is tired of this story. But as a passenger on the flight, I think it's highly probable that public opinion may have turned against Steven Slater undeservedly.

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From a Passenger on Jet Blue Flight 1052: Steven Slater is a Real New Yorker, Not a Terrorist

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Heather Robinson

OK, I've got to sound off a little. I was on flight 1052 from Pittsburgh to New York City on Monday. And Steven Slater is no terrorist. Nor is he a c...

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JetBlue Flight Diverted To Dulles Due To Unruly Passenger

AP | NAFEESA SYEED | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A JetBlue Airways flight from Boston to the Dominican Republic had to land in the Washington, D.C., area Friday afternoon because o...

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Jet Blue Flight Attendant Wants To Return To Air

AP | VERENA DOBNIK and DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The renegade flight attendant who cursed out a passenger and emergency-chuted to folk-hero status thanked the world for its support a...

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Interview With a Flight Attendant on Steven Slater's Rant and Escape

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Heather Robinson

Most altercations between flight attendants and passengers occur when flight attendants are doing their jobs, trying to minimize safety risk to passengers, Andie stressed.

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WATCH: Colbert Honors Jet Blue Flight Attendant Steven Slater

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night on "The Report" Colbert recognized Steven Slater, the Jet Blue flight attendant who quit his job this week by escaping down the emergency c...

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I Was an Eyewitness to Flight Attendant Steven Slater's Rant on JetBlue #1052

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Heather Robinson

Watching Slater's rant got me to thinking: it's a shame things like this don't happen more often. Sometimes people need to rip off their masks of social nicety and express normal feelings of frustration.

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All U.S. Workplaces To Be Fitted with Inflatable Slides

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to a new study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor, workers are less likely to suffer from stress and "go off" in the workplace if they know that leaving their job is just one inflatable slide away.

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Flight Attendant Curses Out Passengers, Slides Down Emergency Chute...POLL: What Do You Think?

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE 8/12: Slater joked with The New York Times that he's thought about using the emergency chute for 20 years, and that he needs a nap. Watch the ...

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Retirees Work The Friendly Skies (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Jet Blue is going on an interesting hiring streak: retirees. ABC News spoke to one former NYC firefighter, now 70, who is a flight attendant with the ...

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Awesome Jet Blue Fall Sale Ends Friday

Posted 05.25.2011

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These are the times when we LOVE air travel: Jet Blue's Fall airfare sale is on through July 30th (act quick!). The sale, which allows travel from Sep...

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Jet Blue Tour De France Promotion: Bring Your Bike Onboard For Free!

Posted 05.25.2011

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In honor of the Tour de France (that yearly bike race which Lance Armstrong wins a lot), Jet Blue is allowing passengers to bring their bikes on plane...

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Thank You, Sandra Robertson -- and Jet Blue

Myrna Blyth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Myrna Blyth

We've all heard horror stories about airlines, about delayed flights and lost baggage, missed connections and hours spent on the runway. But this isn't that kind of airline story. This is a thank-you letter.

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