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		<title>Please charge me more</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/please-charge-me-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just returned from a business trip to New Orleans &#8230; it&#8217;s still hot, humid, seedy (at least Bourbon Street) and rich in culture (food, architecture, and history), but that&#8217;s not my purpose here.
I flew US Airways and they have already instituted changes in how they operate and by operate, I mean that they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=449&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Airline ad agencies &#8230; are they pinheads?</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/airline-ad-agencies-are-they-pinheads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently returned from my summer holiday in Eastern Europe and now I am on my way to New Orleans for a business trip.  Between these two trips much is changing in the airline industry &#8230; some of which has many fellow travelers threatening to figuratively storm the corporate boardrooms with torches and pitchforks in hand.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=424&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Unfriendly skies may be getting noisy</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/the-unfriendly-skies-may-be-getting-noisy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the June 2008 issue of Global Traverler, the unfriendly skies may be getting a little noisy.  Several European airlines and some US airlines are considering offering passengers WiFi use and allowing passenger to use mobile phone and devises.  Please tell me it is not so &#8230; at least about mobile phone use.  WiFi is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=419&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dehydration excitement and compliments to flight attendents!</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/dehydration_excitement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just recently returned from my Eastern European holiday, about which I plan to blog extensively.  The holiday was extraordinary and brought the region history together as my high school and undergraduate education could never do, but that&#8217;s a story for another day.
You hear all the time how important it is to make sure that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=282&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Airport lounges &#8230; is it worth it?</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/airport-lounges-is-it-worth-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 13:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a frequent traveler? Do you like to work when you travel? How do you deal with noise and crowds? Yes. Yes. No well!
I like to wait for my flights in airport lounges. I belong to both Northwest and United, but not all lounges are the same. All the lounges run the airlines have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=233&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Travel mysteries</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/travel-mysteries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the travel mysteries that I have been grappling with pertain to hand-clapping.  Every trans-Atlantic flight I have ever been on, all the Europeans always clap when the flight lands in Europe.  This isn&#8217;t just a one or many occurrence, but every single time.  Why?  My guess is that they are thinking &#8220;Thank goodness, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=215&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why don&#8217;t airlines make sense?</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/why-dont-airlines-make-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, as in yesterday, I had to make airline reservations to Atlanta.  My reservations where under the 21 day rule for lower fares.  This I have no problem with.  Well, I have a little problems, because it cost so much more money!  But I can understand, well not really, but as travelers, we know that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=200&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;One-person-one-fare&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/one-person-one-fare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh Canada!  A Canadian tribunal in early 2008 ruled that Canadian airlines could not discriminate against the obese by charging them for more than one seat if they spilled over into the accompanying seat.  The tribunal said that obesity is equivalent to having a disability.  I am a strong believer in individual rights and protections [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=198&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Passengers Bill of Rights &#8230; update</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/passengers-bill-of-rights-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a free market person, but only when the free market works.  In my opinion, I do not think that the free market is working when it comes to passengers and airlines.  I am also a skeptical of government intervention, because the situation typically does not improve &#8230; that&#8217;s as positive as I can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=197&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flying with those annoying mobile phone users!</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/flying-with-those-annoying-mobile-phone-users/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my travel rants is mobile phone users who refuse to turn off their phones when the flight attendant says so.  To be honest, I am not sure that it even matters.  Supposedly, mobile phones and electronics interfere with navigation.  I have have read that the airlines and telecommunication companies propagate this lie about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=190&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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