Author Archives for "Mike Friedman".
2016 opened with a bang in the airline industry, as Spirit Airlines announced that it was parting ways with CEO Ben Baldanza and bringing in former AirTran CEO Bob Fornaro, who had found himself with… Continue Reading
We’re in the middle of the holiday season, a period in which even infrequent travelers tend to get out on the road. And while that can be good for the airlines’ income statements, it also… Continue Reading
While hotel companies offer several small promotions throughout the year, most have a big “achievement-based” bonus every three or four months, and we’re at the point when they… Continue Reading
In the pit of despair that is La Guardia, the C terminal Delta Sky Club is a welcome, although hardly spectacular, respite from the rest of the airport. It’s a good place to stop if you need a quick… Continue Reading
There is one, and only one, certain truth when you go to Las Vegas (or, really, any casino): You’re probably going to lose. Outside of that fact, however, lies a mixture of rumors, conjecture and… Continue Reading
The perfect mileage scheme would be defined as one that earns you hundreds of thousands of miles quickly for a minimal amount of work. Sadly, such a plan doesn’t exist, or if it does, its author… Continue Reading
There is a lot of mythology about airlines and their economics. Any business that has such a delicate balance of supply and demand, not to mention the cyclical factors, is going to generate a number of… Continue Reading
Memorial Day sales. Black Friday. Cyber Monday. There are any number of days of the year that retailers have “adopted” to separate you from your money (The cynics among us would say that those… Continue Reading
What’s better than a Delta Sky Club in Boston? How about two Sky Clubs in Boston? This review is for the “new” main terminal club. Until this year, Delta only had one Sky Club in Boston,… Continue Reading
Score one for the good guys. A few weeks ago, Levi Zilka, age 5, was returning from Disneyworld when the TSA at Fort Lauderdale airport noticed a weapon in his bag. As the first line of defense at the… Continue Reading
