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We are the mighty business traveler. We fly from coast to coast on a moments notice, not to ride Space Mountain or shop at Saks Fifth Avenue, but to do the job, close the deal, save the client, and make the company successful. We rack up frequent flyer miles the way other people rack up [...]

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Who You Callin' a Blimp?

A Friggin’ Awesome Looking Blimp – ripped from the online pages of the NYT. Click to go there.

So that Icelandic volcano, Eklziojklazlkjoiawzapoppin, severely upset European and even some North American travel, and that’s got some brainy folks thinking about how to overcome that sort of disruption in the future. I admit that I [...]

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Carry On Baggage Fees

The Associated Press is reporting that 6 US Senators are threatening to tax the airlines if they implement a fee for carry on bags.

Unrelated, the airlines have reported that they will charge a new fee for the tax they might have to pay someday for charging fees for carry on bags.

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Cell Phones and Airplanes

Personally I hope the FAA never removes the ban on cell phones in-flight. I have enough crying babies and chatty seatmates to deal with without hearing about some guys colonoscopy exam from two rows back.

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Flying 101

Flying Jet's for Dummies

So I stumbled across this picture, and several more, of this awesome 737 paint job, and felt it was my duty to share it with the faithful reader(s) of NextFlightHome.com. Click the picture of the jet above to be whisked away to Leeham News and Comment to see the rest of [...]

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In Security: Understanding the New TSA Rules

So as the leading expert in business travel the pressure on me to write this article has been intense.

But, since I haven’t flown anywhere since December 25th when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab set his underpants on fire aboard Northwest Flight 253, that would be a difficult task. Anyway the TSA has decided not to tell everyone [...]

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The Top 12 Busiest Airports in the US

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Every business traveler, and pretty nearly every holiday traveler, knows that ATL, Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport, is the busiest in the US. If, however, you’re lucky enough to be traveling in the next few days, and are not going through ATL then you may want to take a peak at the rest [...]

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The Letter...

So I got the letter the other day. You know the one. It goes something like this…

Dear Mr. NextFlightHome,

We love having you as an A-List passenger on Southwest airlines! However, in order to maintain your A-List status for another 12 months, you need either 3 more round trip flights, or 6 more one-way flights by [...]

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