Welcome to The Morning Shave. We read a ton of travel articles each day for our personal research and to share the best travel tips and tricks with you. Here are the articles for Monday, February 7, 2022, that we think you should read.
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This Google Flights Flaw Could Ruin Your Next Trip. – Google Flights is a popular search engine for cheap flights, but it could create some issues if you’re not careful. The author shares what to watch out for so that you don’t end up in the wrong destination.
Flight Attendants Not Happy About Southwest Resuming Happy Hour. – While travelers are welcoming the return of alcoholic drinks on Southwest, it seems that the flight attendants are not so thrilled. Obviously, this increases their workload compared to recent times, but nobody should have expected the slimmed-down selections to last forever, right? Let’s just hope that travelers can behave like responsible adults and refrain from getting plastered mid-flight and causing problems.
United Airlines Just Became the First Major U.S. Carrier to Open Its Own Flight School. – With pilots harder to come by, airlines are finally creating their own flight schools to train the next generation of pilots. While it is understandable that many airlines encouraged pilots, flight attendants, and other staff to retire early during the pandemic, now that people are traveling again, that strategy doesn’t seem as smart. Hopefully, this effort will alleviate some of those problems.
How to Prevent Flight Delays (and What to Do If They Happen Anyway). – Flight delays and cancellations are bound to happen if you travel regularly. When you travel during winter, the chances of flight problems only increase. Before heading to the airport, check on your flight, know your rights, and be proactive to minimize problems with your travel.
Frontier, Spirit announce blockbuster merger that would create giant ultra-low-cost airline. – Huge news in the ULCC world. One of the biggest problems with both airlines is the lack of redundancy in case of bad weather or other delays. With this merger, that could alleviate some of the issues.
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