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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

More Airline Fees

Today Airtran has followed the lead of other airlines in charging a fee for the first bag checked. They followed suite with Delta who just started last week and United, US Airways, American, Spirit and Allegiant who started last summer. Airtran officials claimed it needed all the revenue it could get after a rough summer. Just because there's been some relief with current oil prices doesn't mean you'll see ticket prices drop. Many airlines have been operating at a deficit to remain competitive while we have experienced the highest fuel prices in history.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

La Tomatina-The Spanish Tomato Fight

During this summer in Milan, Italy a huge pillow fight broke out and was captured on video. It made the rounds of youtube and facebook and others. Now it's showing up in television advertisements. While watching, the pilot told me about a tomato fight that takes place in Spain every year. Naturally, I had to find out more. Here's what I found: In the Spanish town of Bunol in the Valencia region of Spain, there is an annual tomato fight where 240,000 pounds of tomatoes are thrown at festival goers. This festival is held on the last Wednesday of August and called La Tomatina. Here's a video from youtube that shows the fight from 2006 and shares the colorful history.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Don't Buy Gas From the Rental Car Company

On our last trip to the Eastern Seaboard in early October, we rented a car. We got outstanding service from Avis. In fact, we liked the car so much we're considering buying one when we make our next vehicle purchase. The pilot took care of all the arrangements. The friendly person behind the counter asked him about taking care of his gas so he wouldn't be so inconvenienced when he returns. The pilot inquired about gas and thought he was getting a great deal. This was when gas was the highest EVER. Georgia had some of the highest prices in the country at the time, so the gas price he got looked very good. Well, as we drove along we were totally shocked at the low gas prices. Georgia has taxed gas so highly that it remains fairly high compared to other states. Lesson learned-no more gas from the rental car company.