5 tips for surviving the bankrupt skies from Consumer Traveler

I'm not sure about everyone else but once I hear an airline is in financial trouble or filing for bankruptcy I try to stay off their flights. Maybe I am being hasty in my decision. Check out the article from Consumer Traveler that lists their 5 tips for surviving the bankrupt skies -

1. Not all bankruptcies are created equal

2. Bankrupt airlines lie

3. Beware of the low-fare trap

4. Mind the sagging morale

5. Look out for the squeeze

Thanks Consumer Traveler!!

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Carnival Cruise Lines - New Ship & New Port

CARNIVAL DREAM
Carnival Cruise Lines newest and largest ship has officially set sail -
the 130,000 ton Carnival Dream. Starting December 12th, 2009, Carnival
will be offering year-round seven-day Caribbean voyages, so book now!

CARNIVAL COMING TO CHARLESTOWN, SC!
Carnival Cruise Lines will introduce the first year-round cruise schedule
from Charleston, S.C., with the deployment of the 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy in May 2010.

Carnival Fantasy will operate five-, six- and seven-day voyages to The
Bahamas and Key West, Fla., from the Passenger Terminal in historic
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I have to start answering my phone...

I have to start answering my phone...Turns Out Unwitting Secretary Becomes a Royal!! Phone Call That Changed Her Life -

(Sept. 17) - At her day job in Washington, Peggielene Bartels answers phones and performs other secretarial duties. But her boss had better not ask her to pick up dry cleaning or run other personal errands. That's no way to treat royalty.
Bartels, 55, of Silver Spring, Md., is also king of Otuam, a seaside town in the West African nation of Ghana.

"I'm a big-time king, you know," she told The Washington Post.

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