We’re in the thick of summer travel season and if you’re headed overseas (or even across the country), you’re going to want to check out these tips for ditching jet lag: via Thomas Cook
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Would You Sit on a Bike Seat in Economy?
It is absolutely ridiculous to write a question like “would you sit on a bike seat in economy,” but thanks to Airbus and a new patent application they filed in June, it’s something we’re now going to have to consider. The LA Times broke the story yesterday and if you thought the current lack of…
Hotel Tipping, Eating Free in Lounges, and Best/Worst Fast Food
This has been, without question, the most successful week in Fly&Dine history. More people visited Fly&Dine than ever before and I am grateful for that. What did they come to read? Check out the stories that grabbed everyone’s attention this week: First, we addressed the question of gratuity while you travel in… Tipping at Hotels…
Consumer Reports Names Best & Worst Fast Food Restaurants
I try to stay away from fast food as much as possible, but I’m a sucker for a good survey and Consumer Reports just released their 2014 list of best and worst fast food restaurants in America. As a Chicagoan, I’m proud to see Portillo’s at the top of the sandwiches list and wholeheartedly endorse…
Healthy Snacks to Take on Your Next Flight
We all know that healthy eating is important. We also know that burgers are delicious. How do you reconcile those two ideas? For me, it’s a little of column A and a little of column B. While some people are better at living a hybrid of healthy and indulgent, I’m more extreme. I like to…
Are These New Cabin Improvements Really Improvements?
So I came across this video over at Gizmodo… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBGYqVWEvM …and I’m scratching my head over what exactly is new about the entire system. I mean, mood lighting? Been done. Highly articulated seat control? Been done. About the only thing from the video that seems innovative is removing the power boxes from under the seats…
World Cup Winner Revealed + Weekly Roundup
Why wait for the whole World Cup tournament to end when I already know who the winner is? The winner of the World Cup is… ESPN. Just look at those ratings! Oh, you were expecting me to name a team? Hahahahahaha. Sorry, folks. This is clickbait at its finest. Here’s the week that…
The $7,000 World Cup Take-Out Order
Would you spend over $7,000 to hook your friends up with Indian food on a different continent? That’s what one guy did for the World Cup. Can we all just agree that rich people spend their excess money on stupid things? Michael Jackson built his own zoo, Michael Jordan bought a failing basketball team, and…
Airline Caterer Found Unsanitary By FDA
File this under G for gross. Jyoti Natural Foods is a Pennsylvania-based producer of Ready To Eat (RTE) specialty meals for airlines and in a recent inspection, the FDA found so many violations of their Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations that they had to send an official warning letter. Apparently, leaky roofs and “filthy” movable…
Would you go hungry for cheaper airline tickets?
It’s an interesting question. When faced with the choice of food and drink on-board or lower ticket prices, which would you choose? That’s a question that was posed by TripAdvisor to British travelers (as reported by The Mirror). 31% of all passengers said they’d skip the snacks during the flight in exchange for cheaper fares.…
Now’s the Time to Vote for the Passenger Choice Awards [sponsored]
Who doesn’t love awards? Oscar, Emmy, Tony — these aren’t just the names of people on your college co-ed Ultimate Frisbee team. They’re the way that we, as a society, reward entertainers for doing well at the jobs they’re paid very well to do. Awards aren’t limited to entertainment, though. If you’re a regular BoardingArea…
Egg Waffles, Wine Deals, Airport Dining Guides, and More!
Another week has come to a close and that means we’re cruising into next week at a comfortable altitude. While you try to figure out that New York Times Sunday crossword (14 across is Marmaduke), perhaps you’d like to catch up on some stories you may have missed from the previous week? Clink on the…
Eater’s 2014 Airport Dining Guides
In the Fly&Dine universe, we tend to celebrate different holidays than normal folks. Airline mergers, new menu debuts, and the release of the now-annual Eater Airport Dining Guides are all big days for us. As such, yesterday was essentially Christmas as Eater unleashed their latest series of Airport Dining Guides. The difference between Eater and…
The Russian Nesting Dolls of Airplane Food Stories
The Internet, at times, is a giant game of telephone. Something happens, somebody writes about it, somebody else summarizes that, somebody summarizes the summary, and so on. Maybe it’s less telephone and more Human Centipede (I’ll let you google that terrible phrase on your own if you’re not familiar — but this is your warning…
