Robert Reid in “Plane Crash? There’s an App for That” – This Week in Travel #136

This Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week’s guest:

Robert Reid from ReidOnTravel.com (retired from Lonely Planet)

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This Week’s News:

• Pay As You Weigh Samoa Air
• First airline to charge more for overweight passengers
• FAA ready to power down paranoia over devices? | Crave – CNET
• Parking at Chicago’s O’Hare airport costs woman $100,000 in fines | World | News | National Post
• Turns out Google didn’t sell social followers back to Arthur Frommer, by Skift
• Hacker says phone app could hijack plane – CNN.com
• Bali plane crash: Miracle escape for 108 passengers as plane overshoots runway and lands in the SEA | Mail Online
• Judge disallows $20 million severance to American Airlines chief Tom Horton | Dallasnews.com – News for Dallas, Texas – The Dallas Morning News
• Louvre Shut Due To Violent Gang Of Pickpockets | Gadling.com
• World’s Most Expensive Trip Visits Every UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Plane Crash Is April Fool’s Prank In Yucaipa, Calif.
• How to Guarantee an Open Seat Next to You on Your Next American Airlines Flight – Johnny Jet
• Travel News You Can Use – The Travel Industry’s Best April Fools’ Jokes
• Frommer’s guidebooks to live on as Google sells brand to founder
• 44 fun things I did with Lonely Planet

Picks of the week:

• Jen – Legoland Hotel
• Robert – Don’t “be rude to avoid pickpockets”
• Chris – LoseIt.com
• Gary – Croatia