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...scheduled for a 5 p.m. departure, but able to secure a seat on the earlier flight scheduled to leave at 3 p.m. As many of us who fly frequently often do, I recall wondering if I'd just placed myself on a flight I shouldn...
Among the passengers on US Airways Flight #1549 was Gerry McNamara, a partner at the executive recruiting firm Heidrick and Struggles. McNamara, a former U.S. Marine officer, wrote an inspirational account of his ordeal for the company's internal newsletter, and it has since been e-mailed around the country. Below, his account of that harrowing day in January...
...Break. Cold weather is for suckers. Check out Air Tahiti Nui's ""Take Your Lover to Tahiti" deal for $859 round-trip from Los Angeles to Papeete. For an extra $200, you'll get to Auckland for a taste of New Zealand's bright, grassy sauvignon blancs; the Auckland flight includes a free stopover and overnight stay at the new Manava Suite Resort Tahiti. Book by Feb. 28 for travel through April...
Cincinnati Calling. This ought to make your trip to Ohio a little less painful. Delta SkyMiles members who register at this website and fly before May 13, can earn at least 3,000 bonus miles for their first round-trip flight to or from Cincinnati. Flyers will also earn 10,000 extra miles for their fifth round-trip. The deal applies only to certain routes, including flights to Atlanta, Denver, L.A. and Philly. Check the website for details...
...Monday afternoon, a military flight touched down at an airbase on the outskirts of London. A frail man disembarked for an undisclosed location. This was the quiet homecoming of Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian refugee and British resident, who has finally been released after more than four years in Guantánamo Bay. "I have been through an experience that I never thought to encounter in my darkest nightmares," said Mohamed in a statement, read out by his British lawyer Clive Stafford Smith at a hastily arranged press conference. (See pictures from inside Guantánamo...