July 2007

I was sitting in a hotel room last week- waiting for my luggage to arrive when I picked up USA today to see an article about problems at JFK. The article identifies several problems wich are contributing to the problems at JFK- but I am sure that they are similar to other airports also.

The last time I flew to california my first flight was late which made me miss my connection- on my latest trip I made it to Atlanta but my luggage did not (it did show up at midnight, but not before I had to buy a whole new set of clothes). That was not the only thing that went wrong on this trip- on the way back one of my flights was cancelled, I asked why it was cancelled and the agent could not give me any reason.

So, I have had problems with three out of four of my last trips. Is this normal for travel in a first world country?

I wonder how bad it will have to get before the FAA and the airlines actually do  something about this. I keep hearing that there are problems but have seen no solutions. Maybe we need a network of high speed trains like they have in Europe to give the airlines some competition.

Web Check-in must be something new for Air Canada. I don’t know for how long they have had it but read about the promotion for July 2007 which gives you 250 Aeroplan miles for using the service.

With web check-in you can check in, choose your seat, and print your boarding pass up to 24 hours before your flight. This can save you some time at the airport. I have used it on British Airways and it worked very well.

For more details on the Air Canada promotion check here. For full information on Air Canada web check-in click here

I was hoping to use this and get some extra miles- I will be traveling in July but unfortunately I will not be flying Air Canada.

For more info on other Aeroplan promotions, check out my Aeroplan page .