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Fair enough, that makes sense. As mentioned above -- call me cavalier; however, I'm very confident that my ski/boot bags will arrive with me on nonstop flights. Also, the airlines send a text on their apps to notify you that your luggage is on the plane. I'm aware of being very lucky on those...

Correct Not sure I understand.

The discussion above about airlines allowing you to book an itinerary with dangerously short layovers makes me wonder -- what is the longest scheduled flight itinerary that you've traveled in one shot from your departure city to landing in your destination? Don't include what it actually ended...

We always read about invasive species that have gotten a foothold in North America, usually from Asia (e.g. spotted lantern flies, pythons in Florida, Asian giant hornets), but I had no idea that this common American animal had been purposely brought to Germany 90 years ago...

How many of Tony's uncharmed trips with lost luggage were two-stoppers?

I've mentioned this before but for posterity -- 17 of my 20 roundtrips for ski visits in the Alps were nonstops to Zurich, Geneva, or Milan. I contend that lost or delayed luggage on nonstops is possible but unlikely and I'm willing to roll the dice to avoid schlepping a heavy boot bag through...

I flew Sun Country ten years ago to Minneapolis. I recall that it felt similar in low-cost quality to Jetblue, i.e. decent to good.

Below is the menace of homeowners around here. The town allows hunters to cull them during the winter but they barely put a dent in the population. I went after her with a baseball bat (wish I had something more effective). I don't care how cute she is. Behind her used to be my very...

Earlier in this thread I mentioned taking Swiss Air a while back from Newark to Nice through Zurich where the scheduled layover time was 50 minutes and included a change of concourse. The airline's website allowed me to book that dubious itinerary even though most road warriors would advise that...

British Airways, Air Canada, and Qantas all seem to have unhappy customers in the back of their planes; however all three are in the Top 20 airlines. Maybe Skieric is right: U.S. economy-class flyers don't seem to openly complain as much as the British Commonwealth countries. Perhaps we've...

No question and the government subsidy piece on foreign carriers is probably significant. We've discussed at length how "Top 25 Ski Areas" lists are at best conversation starters and not to be taken seriously. I suspect that the airlines list is more accurate than the skiing variant but probably...

They just announced World Airlines Awards' Top 20 ranking. To no surprise, there are no carriers from the U.S. Qatar Airways Singapore Airlines Cathay Pacific Emirates ANA All Nippon Airways Turkish Airlines Korean Air Air France Japan Airlines Hainan Airlines Swiss Int’l Air Lines EVA Air...

Trying to understand the thinking behind: "You know; we should build a restaurant right there along that ridge! It'll be an expensive PITA to build and maintain, and we'll only use it during ski season!" "Why yes, that's an excellent idea!" -- and then successfully convincing dozens of...

That's a solid no.

That bridge/aqueduct is crazy -- built in 40-60 AD with no mortar! Lots of background in the Wikipedia entry including photos of key features. To think that I've always been impressed by a comparatively tiny aqueduct in my hometown that was built in 1838. The Pont du Gard was constructed approx...