On Monday, thieves broke into the vault at Dresden’s Royal Palace in Germany and somehow made off with an estimated $1 billion worth of famous jewels. "This is an attack on the cultural identity of all Saxons and the state of Saxony,"…
There are several dramatic things passengers have done to get booted from a flight. But it’s not only wild outbursts and violent behaviour that can have you escorted off a plane — it could also be due to an unfortunate choice of…
A court in Spain has taken a budget airline to task over its mean-spirited excess luggage fees. The court found Ryanair’s baggage policy to be “excessive” after a passenger was fined for taking a piece of carry-on luggage on the wrong ticket…
Memorise this face. It could be worth a first-class upgrade! Gilbert Ott, who runs a travel tips blog God Saves The Points, has earned so many frequent flyer rewards he has taken to giving them away. All you have to do is…
Welcome to a theme park where everything is awesome. The LEGOLAND Florida Resort is a theme park designed with kids in mind, with plenty of rides, shows, and activities to keep the youngsters entertained. It wouldn’t be LEGOLAND without an opportunity to…
I’ve just spent nearly 20 hours in the sky – and I’ve had a sneak peek at what could soon be the future of flying. Just 52 of us – pilots and crew included – boarded a 787 Dreamliner at London’s Heathrow…
New York City is about to get a whole lot brighter. This December, New York’s Citi Field will host the largest lantern festival in North America. The event, known as the Hello Panda Festival, will take over some 700,000 square feet of…
One loyal Aeroflot passenger has reportedly lost about 400,000 airline miles after playing a game of cat and mouse with the carrier, sneaking his “fat” feline onto a recent flight by duping officials with a thinner kitty as a copycat body double….
However, the short snappy movement shown by Edith, sword-wielding bottle-opening expert and host of my tour and tasting, described what I needed to do. So, one, two, three, four, five and… success. One cork sent flying, sliced from the end of a lovely…
Qantas says it will slash its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, becoming only the second airline group in the world to make the commitment. Today’s Qantas announcement comes at a time of growing scrutiny of the airline industry’s carbon footprint…