Author: Jennifer Moody

Jennifer is a management consultant and avid volunteer. Her career and volunteer duty travels have helped her log top-tier airline and hotel status annually for the last nineteen years. In addition, she embraces the opportunity to maximize her vacation time by planning extracurricular trips that have taken her to over 60 countries and 48.5 US states. Once an "every week" road warrior, she now only travels around 100 days a year. She resides in her native Fort Worth, Texas where she enjoys cooking, gardening, sewing, needlepoint, wine, and playing with her Border Collie/Great Pyreness mix puppy Harley Quinn.
Smart Cruising with Ocean Medallion – Sweepstakes to Win Free Cruise
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Smart Cruising with Ocean Medallion – Sweepstakes to Win Free Cruise

Princess will usher in a new generation of sailing when they introduce Ocean Medallion this fall.  The so-called “smart cruising” experience will debut on Regal Princess in November.  It will allow passengers to ditch the traditional key card and accompanying tacky lanyard for a personalized high-tech vacation. Ocean (or O-C-E-A-N) stands for “One Cruise Experience Access Network“.  Princess…

Should You Just Skip the First Class Lounge?
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Should You Just Skip the First Class Lounge?

There is nothing more controversial than suggesting that someone should just skip the first class lounge, especially after they have worked so hard to get there.  As a featured site on BoardingArea this week, we are sharing some of our “best of” posts with you. There are a few posts in our history that really struck a nerve.  For…

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40% Off at NatureBox

Delta switched out their onboard coach snack choices last fall.   After years of pretzels and Biscoff cookies, having something different was like discovering crack.  I quickly found myself addicted to the Greek Yogurt Apple Cinnamon Oat Bars from NatureBox  Knowing it was somewhat healthy was merely a bonus. I was excited to discover that NatureBox…

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Business Travelers Have a Unique Perspective on Flying and Life

The world looks different from 38,000 feet on a delayed flight late on a Thursday night.  It looks different at 6 am over the first cup of coffee in the hotel lobby while putting the last touches on a PowerPoint deck.  And it looks different on Saturday morning when squeezing in the dry cleaning and…

When Operations Go Haywire, Should Airlines Ask Passengers to Volunteer to Help?
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When Operations Go Haywire, Should Airlines Ask Passengers to Volunteer to Help?

If you or someone you remotely care about was scheduled to fly on Delta over the past few days, you have my condolences. I dodged that bullet – barely. I was scheduled to fly into Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon, just as the first wave of operational trouble had kicked up.  Then I was headed to northwest…