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Officials had said they were expecting a crowd of more than a million to converge on our nation’s capital for our new president’s swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20.
Now they say, it’ll be more like 4-million.
Good News: During the week of Jan. 16 through Jan. 23, Virgin America will operate 3 extra roundtrip flights from San [...]

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Virgin America was supposed to be flying in and out of Chicago this fall, but that’s been pushed back to late February.
Now, according to the Chicago Tribune, officials with the discount carrier are wondering if Virgin America has any future at all in Chicago.
It’s not the landing rights – the airline already has that. It’s [...]

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Over the past year, we’ve seen a number of changes to major frequent flier programs in the U.S. Carriers have increased mileage requirements, done away with the 500 minimum mileage reward (Continental even dropped and then reinstated the minimum), and in some cases carriers have just made it more difficult for members of loyalty programs [...]

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After a bit of a delay, Virgin America rolled out its version of what I suppose you’d call business class, and the airline calls “Main Cabin Select”.
It does indeed have some nice amenities – free food and cocktails and lots of entertainment options – but it is not for the “super savers” among us. I [...]

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The airline is one year old today, and the occasion is being celebrated with cake and champagne for passengers — especially at its home base in San Francisco.
And Virgin America’s PR department is working overtime to note some of the airline’s “firsts” including, “first airline to win Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Domestic Airline’ in [...]

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Travel + Leisure’s has just released its 13th annual poll of its readers to determine “the world’s best” in travel. And when it comes to domestic airlines, those readers say Virgin America is #1.
Virgin took the top spot from Midwest Airlines, last year’s winner.
Rounding out the top 5 domestic airlines are JetBlue in third place [...]

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Virgin America hopes to add Chicago to its growing list of destinations; airline officials plan to work with the FAA this week, seeking authorization to add O’Hare International as their 8th city. The goal is to begin flights from Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles in November.
So far, you can fly Virgin America to [...]

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Something new from Virgin (but then, isn’t there always?): Virgin Charter.
As one executive put it, it’s part Priceline, part eBAy, part Travelocity; and of course, it’s all Richard Branson.
Read about this intriguing new venture here; it just might put private planes within reach of some of the rest of us.

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Starting in May, JetBlue will begin flying out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
The lower cost carrier will add 3-flights a day between LAX and New York and one between LAX and Boston.
But, wait just a minute! Doesn’t JetBlue already fly out of Los Angeles??? Keep reading!
 
See Rick Seaney’s new column on ABCNews.com on merger [...]

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Maybe you’ve already seen my Top 10 “worst” list. Now for the good news: I actually found enough good things for a BEST list.
Think you’ll enjoy this. Just click “more” to see the entire list.
And if you think I’ve left anything out, please, tell me in the comments section.

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