Mainland friends are surprised to learn I have never flown on Southwest Airlines. I probably never will, even though they’re planning to start service between the mainland and Hawaii sometime next year. I do have my reasons. First, as a practical matter, I’ve been part of the American Airlines AAdvantage program for 25 years…
Charlie Leocha is a travel writer and a lot more. He’s been a keen observer of the travel industry for a long time and more recently is the founder of Travelers United, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization. Obviously, NARP and Travelers United have a great deal in common in terms of objectives and, therefore, the…
I regularly look at a number of blogs and columns on the general subject of travel. It will come as no surprise that over the past year or two, a constant theme in all these publications has been criticism of the airlines. The traveling public is resentful over disappearing in-flight amenities, fees charged for cancelations…
So far, California’s high-speed rail project has been the one generating most of the press, not to mention controversy. Notwithstanding all that, the official groundbreaking for the project took place just a few days ago in Fresno. But don’t look now, there’s also a high-speed rail project in Texas and it could very well…