FRONTLINE: flying cheap. about the colgan
airplane crash in buffalo and the safety issues with the regional carrier structure. it’s pretty terrifying to think that your entry-level pilot is only paid $21/hour.

Kayak.com offers up Lost flight | The Social – CNET News. If you search for a one-way flight from Sydney to LA it includes Oceanic flight 815. Nice easter egg.

U.S. Helps Frequent Fliers Make a Mint – WSJ.com. people were buying tens of thousands of dollars in $1 coins on their credit card to rack up frequent flyer miles. If it can be gamed, flyertalk.com will figure it out.

As Hawaii’s Seas Roil, Surfers Await the Big One – NYTimes.com. it’s like the end of Point Break.

Virgin Galactic. SpaceShipTwo. we definitely live in the future.

Medellín, Colombia: Change Observer: Design Observer. i recently met with a guy who meant to travel South America for 4 months. He loved Medellin so much that he stayed there for almost 3 months.

Why We Travel: Readers’ Photos – NYTimes.com. love this one photo. i love road trips. tons of amazing photos in there.

Premier Holidays : 4 Of The World’s Strangest Airport Runways. the Gibraltar one is just laughable.

gliider: plan funner trips.. firefox plugin for trip planning. seems like a pretty good idea.

FlightCaster. predicts flight delays ahead of airlines by using aircraft, weather, and faa info. This could have saved me 4 hours the other day.

Take the Bike Train to Montreal – Torontoist. via will have a daily train were you can take your bike on the train without boxing it up.

The Longest Way 1.0 – one year walk/beard grow time lapse. crazy series of photos by a guy who walked across most of China.

InterContinental hotels get staff to share mates’ rates – Springwise. if you know anyone who works for intercontinental you should hit them up for hotel discounts.

Rick Steves’ Iran. No joke. he went and shot a tv episode there.

Tracking US Airways Flight 1549 – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com. Take-off to ditching was like 10 minutes. crazy.

The 44 Places to Go in 2009 – NYTimes.com. some travel ideas for 2009.

Air Canada Escape Pass Special. For example, you could get 2 round trips to anywhere in Ontario, Quebec, and the Northeast US for $780 and then for an extra $200 you can a return flight to London, Paris, Hong Kong, Sao Paolo, Bogota or Lima. Not bad if you know you want to do some traveling in next 6 months.

Unlimited taxi rides for 48 euros per month | Springwise. that’s an interesting idea.

Southwest Has First Loss in 17 Years – NYTimes.com. It’s because they bet that fuel prices would remain high. damn.

Jet Set, Meet the Bus Bunch – NYTimes.com. about nice buses that run in the northeast. this is how everyone got around argentina.