Sentences with phrase «flight taken for»

-- A flight taken for business purposes is covered under Section 162 of the IRS Code.

The Southwest Companion Pass (CP) is a pass which allows you to bring along a companion for free on any and all Southwest flights you take for the year in which you earn the CP and the entire following year.

Not exact matches

You can use the room for about twenty minutes, and you can take one shower per flight.

In addition to lowering their fees for cell phone service, they also offer free unlimited texting on flights PLUS a free hour of Gogo in - flight WiFi for each flight you take — and there aren't any limits on the number of times you can take advantage of this offer.

I went from a person totally okay with curling up in my leggings and sweatshirt into a tiny ball entertained by pre-loaded podcasts for an entire flight to a traveler constantly comparing the lack of amenities, professionalism, and comfort of any seat on any airline to the two roundtrip business class flights I took on Emirates.

The new policy goes into effect starting July 9 for pets that will be traveling on the same flight as their owners, and United will start taking reservations on June 18.

Should this trend really take hold, as I suspect it could, there's a definite threat of a potential capital flight storm that could have far reaching consequences for the American economy.

The lack of a single fatality on a commercial flight last year prompted President Donald Trump to take credit for advances in safety in a Tweet that raised eyebrows in the aviation safety community.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is one of several top Trump administration officials to catch flak for taking pricey flights instead of flying coach.

But get in now, when companies are cheap, and then wait for the stock to take flight.

In practice, it's simple: A gate agent will announce to passengers in the boarding area that the flight is over-full or over-capacity (rarely have I heard them say «over-sold,» since that tends to piss people off) and they are looking for volunteers to take a later flight.

And since being out of work and out of money is no fun for anybody, you shouldn't expect flight attendants to take that risk for you.

The startup had several connections to Branson: Giegel briefly worked for Virgin Galactic in 2014; fellow co-founder Shervin Pishevar, a high - profile venture capitalist, was an early reservation holder on Galactic's celebrity - studded list of customers waiting to take a flight into space.

Mr. Meister, who took a 7 a.m. flight to Washington every Monday for three years, said he was leaving to spend more time with his family in New York.

The latest vehicle for China's aviation dream, the Comac C919, has just completed its first test flight after Beijing decided to take a different path: buying parts from European and US aviation companies rather than stealing their technology.

Finnair is asking for a few volunteers, not to take a later flight, but to step on a scale before boarding the plane.

A 69 - year - old doctor, Dao was one of four people who was randomly selected to get off the oversold plane just before it was supposed to take off Sunday from O'Hare International Airport for Louisville, in order to make room for United flight crew members who needed to get to an assignment.

While there could be enormous cost savings for airlines, and perhaps consumers, would anyone want to take a flight without a pilot in the cockpit?

Oza was attempting to check in for a San Francisco - bound flight from New Orleans around 4 a.m. when the argument took place, NBC Bay Area reports.

Just last month, American Airlines was forced to cancel dozens of flights from Phoenix when temperatures of nearly 120 degrees made it too hot for smaller jets to take off.

In a recent blog post for Flyertalk, JetBlue flight attendant and columnist Amanda Pleva gave an honest account of what it takes for her to treat a passenger well — and it all comes down to how she is treated by them.

A C919 passenger jet takes off from Pudong International Airport for its maiden flight, on May 5, 2017 in Shanghai, China.

The largest U.S. airlines have taken issue with a contract for federal employees to buy flights between New York and Milan in 2017 from JetBlue, which are marketed by the New York - based airline but operated exclusively by its codeshare partner, Dubai - based Emirates.

For Elisa Strauss, delivering her specialty cakes to customers from her New York City headquarters sometimes meant taking the cakes with her on commercial flights.

He also included monetary compensation for the missed flights, and presented a list of action items the company would take to help affected passengers.

Air - recycling systems that can reliably scrub carbon dioxide and provide enough oxygen for humans during a long - duration spaceflight (the flight to Mars takes nine months).

If you live elsewhere, consider looking for a cheap positioning flight to one of these cities in order to take advantage of the sale.

The flight took South Korean athletes for training in a ski resort in the North on Wednesday, and brought North Korean athletes to the South on Thursday.

I have taken my family on three free vacations in the past year, and I travel in business class for free on 85 percent of my flights.

He suggested that I drink the equivalent of a bottle of wine within the first couple hours of the flight and sleep for the last six to seven hours, arriving refreshed and ready to take on the day.

The $ 450,000 Phantom is on rent from the U.S. because its high frame rate means a 1 1/2 second shot can be slowed to a hypnotic pace and made to last as long as it takes to wait for a flight.

I went up to the flight attendant, turned up my charm and asked, «What would it take for me to ride up here where I belong?»

For instance, at the time of publishing, if you take the $ 69 WOW flight from San Francisco to Edinburgh, Scotland, the cheapest flight back will run you an additional $ 199.99.

Price had said earlier this week he planned to reimburse the government roughly $ 52,000 for the cost of his seat on the private domestic flights he took, but it's unclear if he will still do so in the wake of his resignation.

«We had to take two connecting flights to Yuma, Arizona, and then drive for an hour to the border to literally walk through the turnstiles and be picked up by someone from the factory, which was a 10 - minute drive from there,» Zak recalls.

The EHang 184's battery, which takes between two and four hours to charge, is good enough for a 23 - minute flight at a cheetah - like 62 miles per hour.

If you're always taking flights, or just generally around chaos, it's enough of a difference for Bose to be the better choice.

I even found myself with 30 minutes to spare, and because of that, he took me directly to the Sky Club to wait for my flight and handed me a thank you card for being a loyal Delta customer.

Still, when flights at Atlanta were grounded for most of one day last spring, it took Delta five days — and about 4,000 canceled flights — before it fully recovered.

Those traveling from Miami can head to Reykjavik for just $ 99 for between January and February, while those looking to take a fall trip can book $ 99 one - way flights from New York, Cleveland, and Cincinnati on select dates from September through October of 2018.

«According to our flight logs for Nov 23, 2017, this alleged incident did not take place, nor has there been any instance where a Coalition aircraft crossed the river without first deconflicting with the Russians via the deconfliction phone line set up for this purpose.

I've commuted across the country, taking weekly red - eye flights for more than a year.

But for minor, day - to - day decisions (for example, whether to take this flight or that flight, or try this jam or that one), mind wandering may be a less onerous way to sort through the options,» the post notes.

While packing for a short - haul weekend away can be simple, what about taking a a small suitcase on a long haul flight?

Jackson was taken by ambulance to an emergency room for treatment, then took a later flight to San Diego, according to Delta.

But for minor, day - to - day decisions (for example, whether to take this flight or that flight, or try this jam or that one), mind wandering may be a less onerous way to sort through the options than careful deliberation — and chances are you'll be just as satisfied with the outcome.

Board member Merrill «Pete» Miller, for example, the chief executive of National Oilwell Varco and Chesapeake's lead independent director, took $ 160,000 in free personal flights — twice as much as he spent on business travel.

As part of the pre-show preparations for the 2016 Chicago Air and Water Show, taking place 20 - 21 August, we joined the AeroShell Acrobatic Team for a brief flight over Lake Michigan to see their aircraft and experience some of what they experience in over two dozen shows per year.

If you want to check where Loon balloons are flying right now, take a look at a flight radar map and search for the call sign HBAL.

The Kuwait Airways passengers were taken to hotels as they waited for alternative flights, the airline said.