In The Wind Travel Agency

18/04/2023

German Chocolate Brownies by Celebrating Sweets
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17/01/2023

Yes! 🙂 ❤

14/12/2022

Congratulations Coach!

Travel is going to be wilder than ever as people crowd into airports to get home for Christmas. There are strategies to make your travel easier, and Natalie Nicole Graham has some easy things you can do to reduce your headaches during the holidays.

14/11/2022

29/07/2022

Jetblue/Spirit

Thank you for being a valued Free Spirit® member. Today is an exciting day, as we are announcing plans to combine with JetBlue Airways.
The combination of JetBlue and Spirit will create the fifth largest domestic airline, serving more than 77 million Guests annually on more than 1,700+ daily flights to over 125 destinations in 30 countries. Bringing together our airlines will be a game changer, enhancing our ability to grow and compete with the dominant U.S. carriers while also delivering low fares and outstanding service. The transaction is expected to:

Increase relevance in key cities including Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Orlando, and San Juan as well as in the Big Four airline hubs of Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas and Miami.

Combine a fleet of 458 aircraft with orders for 300 Airbus aircraft equipped with fuel-efficient, lower-carbon new engine option, or neo, engines, providing increased flexibility and efficiency to bring Guests to their favorite destinations.

Expand the JetBlue Experience to all aircraft, offering JetBlue’s unique combination of low fares and awarding-winning service.

Today’s announcement is just the first step in a process that will take time. Until the transaction closes, it’s business as usual for Spirit. We expect to conclude the regulatory process and close the transaction no later than the first half of 2024. There will be no immediate impact to ticketing or flight schedules, and you can continue to book and fly with Spirit as you always have.

19/07/2022

04/07/2022

Here are the airlines with the most cancellations and delays this summer

May 1-June 28: Cancellation and delay stats for the “Big 4” U.S. airlines plus JetBlue (mainline flights)

American Airlines: 5,663 canceled (3.2%), 43,763 delayed (24.8%)
Delta Air Lines: 4,964 canceled (3.0%), 32,361 delayed (19.3%)
JetBlue: 1,234 canceled (2.3%), 17,518 delayed (32.1%)
Southwest Airlines: 1,907 canceled (0.9%), 58,147 delayed (26.7%)
United Airlines: 3,244 canceled (2.5%), 29,940 delayed (22.8%)

June 1-28 only: Cancellation and delay stats for the “Big 4” U.S. airlines plus JetBlue (mainline flights)

American Airlines: 4,488 canceled (5.2%), 25,149 delayed (28.9%)
Delta Air Lines: 2,731 canceled (3.3%), 17,092 delayed (21.0%)
JetBlue: 710 canceled (2.8%), 9,088 delayed (35.9%)
Southwest Airlines: 1,163 canceled (1.1%), 31,409 delayed (29.5%)
United Airlines: 1,955 canceled (3.1%), 14,801 delayed (23.3%)

June 1-28 only: Regional carriers

Endeavor: 1,360 canceled (7.0%), 3,394 delayed (17.4%)
Envoy: 128 canceled (0.6%), 3,496 delayed (17.0%)
Mesa: 194 canceled (1.9%), 2,087 delayed (20.6%)
Republic: 2,443 canceled (8.5%), 6,213 delayed (21.6%)
PSA: 691 canceled (3.7%), 4,114 delayed (22.2%)
SkyWest: 391 canceled (0.6%), 10,959 delayed (17.2%)

Source: FlightAware

22/06/2022

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A flight attendant posted this. Good information.

Flying this summer is ROUGH!!! I feel like as a Flight Attendant I should attempt to share some tips to get you through airline travel for the foreseeable future. ✈️✈️

1. Things are not good..... if its less than 7 hours - DRIVE! I'm not kidding. There is nothing enjoyable about flying right now. On any airline. If you must fly, keep reading. 🚗

2. Download and use the app of the airline you are flying. You can do everything on it - get your boarding pass, track your bags, see your incoming plane, and change a flight. It sure beats waiting in the long line to talk to an agent! Trust me - Usually these apps will tell you a flight is cancelled before the crew even knows! 📲

3. Fly MUCH earlier than you need to - a whole day early if its important!! This week I saw many people miss important things like weddings, funerals, cruises, international connections, and graduations. The tears were very real, for very real reasons, and there was nothing I could do! If you have to be somewhere, spend the extra money, go a day early. Have a glass of wine and stay in a hotel, enjoy your night not being stressed while everyone else misses their events. 🍷

4. ALWAYS fly the first flight in the morning so you have all day to be rebooked if the s**t hits the fan. Yes, that means it might be a 3:00 alarm, but morning flights don't cancel nearly as often.⏰

5. This is not unique to this year, but keep in mind summer is thunderstorm season. A single storm can shut down a whole airport. We can't fly through them. Storms usually build as the day gets later. Book early flights! ⛈

6. Schedule long layovers - Your 1 hour layover is NOT enough anymore. 30 minutes, not a chance. 3 hours minimum. 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♂️

7. What you see on the news is an understatement. We are short staffed and overworked. Not just pilots and flight attendants, but also ground crews. Without ground crews there is no one to park the planes, drive jetways, get your bags on/off planes, or scan boarding passes. This causes many delays that snowball throughout the day. Sometimes HOURS.(Another reason morning flights are best!) 👀

8. When flight crews get delayed we time out. We can NOT fly longer than 16 hours. Its illegal. So it doesn't matter if you have a wedding to get to, when we are done we are done. The way things are now, there are no back up crews, so when this happens your flight cancels. (Now you are starting to see why those morning flights are best!) 😴

9. Avoid connecting in Newark (Or any New York airport for that matter). It is literal hell. You have a 50/50 chance your flight will cancel or missing your connection. They have been cancelling flights at their starting points just to keep the planes out, because there just aren't enough people to manage the planes, so the gates stay full. Also the restaurants are expensive, it is not a great place to be stuck. 💩

10. Be nice. As stated above, we are overworked and tired. We will not help you if you are mean. No one cares that you are going to miss your cruise if you are an as***le. So even if we can help, we will save our help for someone nice. Tensions are high. Our patience is gone. If you make us mad - you will not be flying on our planes. We will leave you behind without a second thought, and laugh about you later. 🥰

11. Being drunk on an airplane is a federal offense, so don't overdo it. If you drink too much at the bar waiting for your delayed flight you risk not being allowed to fly at all. We are too tired to deal with your drunk ass when we have legitimate issues to deal with. 🍻

12. Get trip insurance if you have a lot of money invested. I hate the whole idea of this, but I also hate the idea of losing money. Example: I was working a flight yesterday that waited over an hour for a gate. A family of 8 missed their flight to Rome. The only flight of the day. They were going to a cruise which they would now miss. They were all crying, there was nothing I could do. (Also a reason to fly a day early!) 🛳

13. Flights are FULL. If you buy the cheap seats you will not be able to sit with your family. It says so when you purchase your ticket!! Flight Attendants aren't there to rearrange the whole plane just so you can sit with your family because you tried to save $100 on a third party website. 💸

14. Speaking of third party websites and saving money..... Like I said flights are FULL. If a flight is oversold, and no one volunteers to give up their seats, who do you think is the first to be bumped? You guessed it, the family that saved a few $$ by using sites like Expedia, Kayak, Hotwire etc. 🤷‍♀️

15. Pack smart. Don't be "That guy" Don't hold up boarding because you have your extenders open till they are busting and you can't figure out how to make it fit in the overhead. (Passengers are stressed too, they can be aggressive when boarding a delayed flight) 🛍

16. Take showers, brush your teeth, leave the perfume off, don't eat stinky food (caesar salad and tuna fish I'm talking to you!), and bring headphones. Trust me. These things sound basic, but add to stress on crowded planes. If you are stuck on the tarmac for 3 hours after a 4 hour flight, you will thank me for this. 💜

17. Bring a sweater if you tend to be cold. So tired of half naked girls asking me to turn the heat up. NO. Wear clothes!! Side note: If you dress like this and ask for heat, there's a chance I will turn the AC up. 🥶

18. Thats not water on the bathroom floor. For the love of God wear shoes to the bathroom!!! 🤮

19. Don't tell a Flight Attendant they look tired. We are and we know. You may cause us to ugly cry right there in galley. 😭

20. Happy Travels!

19/06/2022

Flight delays and cancellations continued to stall U.S. air travelers Saturday, with about 775 flights canceled and over 3,300 delayed by 4 p.m. ET.

13/05/2022

When you flight is dope!

03/03/2022

Travel Humor 😂😂😂 😂😂 Don’t forget the cocktails 🍹 🍹

02/03/2022

Taxpayer Advocate January report says there is one IRS employee for every 16,000 phone calls. Good luck calling in. And you can’t mail a response. IRS as of Jan 28th IRS has a 23.7 m backlog - paper returns, problem returns, amended returns, and unanswered (unopened) mail.

26/02/2022

Currently...

Improved Destination Entry Requirements

As we start to enter our new normal, countries are updating their entry requirements for international travelers. Many countries are beginning to lift testing requirements for both vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers.

Latest updates:

Costa Rica – As of March 7, 2022, commercial establishments and mass activities will no longer request proof of vaccine. Effective Apr 1, 2022, the health pass and travel and medical insurance will not be required for visitors to Costa Rica.

Curaçao - As of February 21, 2022, travelers are no longer required to do the third day antigen test. Also, the island curfew has been eliminated.

Grenada - As of February 15, 2022, travelers can present a negative PCR test taken no more than 3 days prior to arrival OR a negative antigen test taken no more than 24 hours prior to arrival. The island's vaccination requirement is still in place.

Jamaica – As of February 25, 2022, the curfew hours will be from 12 AM to 5 AM each day until March 17, 2022. Effective March 1, 2022, visitors will no longer have to complete the Travel Authorization and receive prior authorization to entire Jamaica.

16/02/2022

GREAT WOLF LODGE COMING TO FOXWOODS CONNECTICUT!

18/12/2021

I've seen a lot of taxpayers with pretty high estimates. Please make sure the bank, prepaid card or other options like cashapp and PayPal, allow you to get a deposit that high. **especially if it is over 10k

21/10/2021

Yesterday's Getaway for my Clients!

21/10/2021

Another Happy Client!

21/10/2021

Just booking for my Clients!