Check this out Facebook fans. Delta Airlines has launched a new App that will allow you to find flights, book them, share and plan your trip all while never leaving Facebook.
The goal is to streamline the booking process for the customer. Delta being one of the largest commercial airline in the world and it is facing more and more competition from smaller, more web-friendly airlines like Virgin and Jet Blue.
It looks like they are one of the first airlines to allow a full travel booking on the social network. And Delta says that it will expand the Ticket Window, which is powered by Alvenda, to other social media sites, including online banner ads to allow full booking capabilities within the airline’s advertisements. It’s unclear if Facebook gets a cut from any of he flights booked on the platform.
Do you think that you’re ready to start booking flights on Facebook? Leave us a message and let us know how you feel about the idea.
by jeffd, Web & Graphic Designer · August 17th, 2010
The Transport Security Administration (TSA) has launched a new program called Secure Flight that aims to better protect you.
So what does this mean for you? When ever booking a flight traveling to, from or within the United States TSA will be double checking your information against your Official Government Issued ID or Passport. Basically this means that the full name, gender, and date of birth you use to book your flight must match your ID and or Passport.
The following Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) will be required when making a reservation:
Name as it appears on government-issued I.D. when traveling
Why are they doing this? SecureFlight serves to prevent individuals on the No Fly List from boarding an aircraft and to identify individuals on the Selectee List for enhanced screening. After matching passenger information against government watch lists, Secure Flight transmits the matching results back to airlines.
If your planning any upcoming flights, be sure to double check everything matches prior to booking to ensure a hassle-free flight.
by jeffd, Web & Graphic Designer · July 23rd, 2010
Best Travel Deals, a community where travel lovers from all over the world can meet up to share the best deals in travel, put together this great visual guide to airline travel. The grid keeps us up to date (for now) and is a fantastic tool to help travelers make a decision on which airline to fly based on their specific needs.
Jet Blue and United Airlines are taking it to the tweet. They recently began offering first dibs on discounted fares to those who follow them on Twitter (A free social networking and micro-blogging site that allows its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Duh).
JetBlue posted its first “Cheep” (United’s Twitter only fares, known as “Twares”) on July 6, a $9 one-way trip from JFK to Nantucket. Sales are generally posted on Mondays and the carrier gives its followers about 8 hours- or as long as there are available seats- to book the trip for that or the following weekend.
Twitterers have to act fast to take advantage of the unbeatable deals…but considering they are answering the question ‘what are you doing?’ in 140 characters or less- this shouldn’t be a problem.
Back in April we wrote about Pet Airways, the first pets only airline, that hoped to be up and running this summer. Well yesterday a few furry little friends boarded the very first flight!
by jeffd, Web & Graphic Designer · August 17th, 2010 
by Brooke Dowd Sacco, Assistant Buyer & Blogger · August 10th, 2009 
