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Jet-setter Thomas Stuker has become the real-life Ryan Bingham - the character played by George Clooney in the film Up In The Air - after clocking up an incredible 10million air miles. Read Full Story: Frequent flyer Thomas Stuker clocks up 10 million air miles | Mail Online

And the dog said to me (he's a clever dog!!) "'Bout time you got the pushbike n tent out son, disappeared into the hills". So that's the plan. Me. The dog. A packet of Bakers (dog food). Some bacon and a hip flask. So after tonight will most likely be unavailable for a week. Hope I don't drop...

Nothing was mentioned about an attack, but throngs of passengers stranded in the United Airlines terminal at O'Hare International Airport on Friday night were told to go home or get a hotel after a "nationwide computer malfunction" took out the airline's reservations systems. This occurred at...

We told you about the high flying Hong Kong Airlines cabin crew being taught kick-@$$ kung fu skills - now see them in action. The stewardesses are taking classes in deadly Wing Chun, which teaches students how to knock an aggressor out cold within seconds. Airline bosses say their...

This lonely stretch of road in central Nevada draws conspiracy buffs from the world over who ponder such unknowables as whether aliens have landed on Earth and what the feds really do at nearby Area 51. But lately there's been another mystery among locals: Why did the Nevada Department of...

A couple tried to check a dead cow onto a transatlantic flight, Virgin Atlantic has revealed in a list of the most bizarre items passengers have attempted to bring onto flights. The couple in question arrived at New York’s JFK airport with the carcass wrapped up on a trolley and attempted...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Japan in a show of support for the US ally as it recovers from a devastating earthquake, the State Department announced Monday. Clinton will travel to Tokyo on Sunday, after stops in South Korea and in Germany where she is attending a NATO...

Hello I am sorry if my prefix is not accurate but I could not find whay applied to this brief question. I will be flying soon and would like to know if my container of discs(dvd + cd) is safe to carry on or store . I am referring to xray and magnetism in that erasures may occur. If it is safe to...

A Swedish couple got more than they bargained for when they took a four-month honeymoon, enduring a cyclone, a snowstorm, a flood, bushfires and an earthquake. Newlyweds Stefan and Erika Svanstrom wanted to celebrate their nuptials on a tour of Asia Pacific with their baby daughter, but...

Link Removed due to 404 Error The FBI is investigating what might be a bullet hole, discovered in the side of a US Airways Group Inc plane this week, the airline said Wednesday. The small hole in the Boeing 737-400 was found by a pilot Monday at the Charlotte/Douglas International...

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Armed with a sleeping bag, whistle, flashlight and journal Joseph McGill is ready to spend another night in a strange place -- a building that once housed slaves. This week, the program officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will...

Dear Icelanders, members of this Windows 7 Forum My name is Vanneste and I'm 23. I live in Belgium and I study IT and economical sciences.. Here in my country, an important tv channel organised a cool contest a few days ago. We have to choose a city and plan a citytrip. The winner can go to...

Boozed-up British tourists have to watch where they walk in Alicante after a new patterned pavement has been laid causing nausea and confusion. The crazy design in the Spanish holiday resort causes the eye to think that the pavement is not flat but stepped. Set in rows of diamonds at...

A penguin has defied all odds by hopping aboard an aeroplane and joining paying passengers on a flight to San Diego - whoever claimed that penguins can’t fly clearly hasn't met this little chap. Pete has defied nature – and fasten seatbelt signs – by taking to the skies and waddling down the...

When most people burn a pie they throw it in the bin. Not Tony Johnson. He has kept his meaty treat for almost 40 years and has taken it around the world on family holidays. The 73-year-old says the Holland’s pie, which overcooked back in 1972, has become an heirloom which takes pride...

A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of 'why' this country is in trouble: 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!) 2. I got a call from a Kansas...

SEATTLE -- A tongue-in-cheek way of documenting his ordeal on Interstate 5 got a bigger response than Michael Micheletti ever expected. "Everybody is going to run into trouble at some point," said Micheletti, a designer from Shoreline. "And I guess my experience was good people were there to...

EasyJet has apologized to Jewish passengers after serving only pork products on a recent flight from Tel Aviv to London, the Daily Mail reports. Some travelers went without food for the 4 1/2-hour flight, refusing the ham melts and bacon baguettes offered after wrong meals were loaded onto...

The Asian culture is appealing for many Europeans and Americans. One of the most visited Asian countries is Japan. Millions of tourists come here each year eager to visit their attractions and to learn more about the Japanese life style and culture. The Japanese gardens are also famous all over...