No one gets bumped off a foreign airline?! I was IDB’d from an Air Canada flight a few weeks ago. Flight operated by a E170 (~70 seats) was overbooked by 5 people, though I can’t complain too much as the $800 Canadian I received in compensation covered most of what I had spent in Montreal that weekend. I’ve also…

Somewhat easy to confuse US Airways and United though. US used to be in Star Alliance, so the two code-shared a lot. There was also a point last decade where the two tried to merge - the failed merger then led to Continental hooking up with United.

Because it’s reserved for elites or people who pay extra for the room. Letting random people sit there eliminates the ability to charge for the seats and infuriates your most loyal (profitable) customers. People tend to forget airlines are for-profit businesses.

Now that airlines charge for “premium” Economy seats - in this case Economy Plus - they do care were passengers sit.

Something’s fishy. United claims no Marshals were involved. Someone’s definitely lying in this story.

Were you flying United? Charlotte is an American hub. Bizarre routing to be flying United, unless it’s an uber cheap fare.

But then you’re not allowed to discriminate against specific companies. So you either place a tariff on all cars (ok, can segment here somewhat - sedans, trucks, etc) or no tariff at all. If GM or Ford have to pay a tariff on their small cars produced in Mexico, so will Toyota, Mazda, VW, etc.

Could also be that eastern Germany is poorer than western Germany, resulting in more crime. Despite the country unifying 25 years ago, major differences remain.

Some of the auction cars used less elegant methods to stay dry.

I don’t remember seeing a single GT-R. GTs were out in force - I counted at least 10!

I was there, and have slightly better photos, before it started raining. Don’t think I’ll make the Sunday show :( https://goo.gl/photos/j8jhSgA…

There was more!

777's range, at least for the 200LR and 300ER models, is higher than the 747. Even the older 200ER models have similar range - just looking at United it’s using its 200ERs on many routes the 747 once flew (Chicago - Hong Kong, for a brief moment until Dreamliners took over LAX/San Francisco - Sydney). Even the new and…

This is exactly why Google is developing their car without a steering wheel, as they realized (there’s a quote somewhere of their engineers) it’s either all or nothing. They did testing with Google employees and realized that drivers became much less attentive, dangerously so, when autopilot-like features were…

Any info on whether that alarm system is aftermarket? I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a crappy aftermarket install that led to all the electrical gremlins. Is an alarm even available as a factory option for the Journey in Australia, or anywhere in the world for that matter?

I’ve heard stories of this motor blowing up on occasion - a friend blew one during a test drive. Is there any actual data out there on the 2.3L’s reliability in the Mustang?

Gas stations generally don’t make money from the gas they sell. Nearly all their profits are from items sold in the convenience stores attached to them, so in some ways having a ‘captive’ audience for 30 minutes might work for gas stations.

Uploading data is expensive, the bandwidth costs money, but with time those costs should go down as more satellites come on board and more aircraft are connected. Also, the black boxes don’t float because they need to be made of material that can withstand extreme forces (so heavy, dense material). They do have…

The elections are fixed in another way - no other viable candidates are allowed to run. So while the actual voting numbers may be real, the elections are still basically fixed. Pretty much anyone that stands up to Putin ends up dead (Alexander Litvinenko) or locked up in prison (Mikhail Khodorkovsky, now exiled).