Air Canada: “No credit? No food.”

“Cashless cabins” are nothing new in the United States. Many major carriers, including American Airlines and United Airlines, have gone away from accepting currency and travelers checks onboard. Which means passengers need to carry a credit or debit card...

More ways to be thrown off a plane than Carter has pills

In the ‘50s and ‘60s Carter Products sold millions and millions of their “Little Liver Pills.” The expression “… more than Carter has pills” was born. Lately, the news is filled with so many stories of airplane passengers being tossed off their flights, the incidents...

What is a bicycle in a bag to airlines?

This story struck me as interesting when Air Canada imposed a bicycle fee on a special folding bicycle that folded down to the specifications defined in the airline’s contract of carriage. Is a bicycle that folds down to the size of a suitcase to be considered a...