
Upgrades and Downgrades: Side-by-side seating, nationalized hotels, libelous reviews, and more

Upgraded: Bad ideas made real Remember the proposal for sideways seating on commercial airlines? DesignQ, the company that proposed the scheme, is moving toward testing — including crash simulations — by the end of 2009. I am honestly surprised the design is being pursued this aggressively. We’ll see how those tests go. Here’s a reminder of what the designers have in mind: Downgraded: Hilton hotels in Venezuela Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has nationalized another Hilton-managed property , this one on Margarita Island. It looks like the 154 timeshare owners …










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4theprophet (Jeremy Gaylor) : Dont smash on my airline! --> I don't like how southwest has "open seating". Some people NEED a window seat. /via @stephaniecaron.. Updated : 2010-03-12T22:17:30Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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ajjmcd (Andrew J. McDermott) : @66usual I'm not suprised they're being angels with their first class movie food & drink on tap airline seating... #kidstoday.. Updated : 2010-03-12T18:30:44Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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dancerdena (Danny Cerdena) : Philippine #Airlines now charges for preferred Economy seating. Now steps to being a budget airline? http://www.bluevoyagetours.com.. Updated : 2010-03-11T03:47:55Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Director Kevin Smith Thrown Off Oakland Flight Over Weight
[Celebrity]Kevin Smith, the creator of movies like Clerks, Dogma, and the upcoming Cop Out, posted a series of angry, sarcastic messages on his Twitter feed blasting Southwest Airlines for allegedly throwing him off a flight after he had already been seated and buckled in.
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10 Most Annoying Airline Passengers, As Told By a Flight Attendant
[Travel & Places]9) Misuse of Overhead Compartments: If you're one of the first 10 passengers to board, shoving your jacket into the overhead bin is a total a-hole move. It's frustrating to have to check someone's carry-on because your jacket has taken up half the overhead bin when it could easily have gone under the seat in front of you...
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United Airlines to Charge 'Obese' Passengers Twice the Price
[Travel & Places]"It's a tough day to be a fatty: United Airlines will now require obese passengers to buy a second seat if they can't fit in the one provided. They join a growing group of airlines now requiring fat people to pay more to fly so other customers are more comfortable in the already cramped seats."...
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'Safest' seat remarks gets Muslim family kicked off plane
[World News]A Muslim family removed from an airliner Thursday after passengers became concerned about their conversation say AirTran officials refused to rebook them, even after FBI investigators cleared them of wrongdoing.
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MacBook Air: So Thin that it Got Thrown Away with Newspapers
[Apple]When something is thin enough to fit into an envelope, light enough to sit on your lap for a couple of hours without discomfort and so compact that it doesn't even bulge in an airline seat-back pocket, wouldn't it make sense that one could lose track of such a thing? Yes, it would make sense. Believe me. Because I can't find my MacBook Air.































