Left Coast Sports Babe

Delta Airlines has the industry’s lousiest mileage upgrade policy, and they have outsourced most of their reservations to India.  Northwest Airlines, with the lousiest seating policy, is affectionately referred to in the travel industry as “Northworst.”

So will the combined airline be  De-Worst?

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And this is a true comment from a Southwest agent, who patiently changed a reservation for a client of mine who had told me one thing and meant another –

My favorite question from customers –  “What’s after the last flight?”

The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers are celebrating 50 years since they moved their teams to the West Coast.

To give you an idea how long ago that was, 50 years ago Barack Obama hadn’t been born yet, Hillary Clinton was running for 4th grade class president based on her “lifetime of experience”, and John McCain had just
received his first senior discount.

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CNN.com talks today about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s discussion of their faith, but notes of McCain, who talks little about his own religion that he is “from an older generation, one that is more private about prayer.”

Either that or based on his recent and repeated confusion of Sunnis and Shiites, his advisors have suggested he keep quiet so as not to publicly confuse Catholics and Protestants.

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And a re-do of the Michigan primary seems all but impossible at this point.  The latest hitch, when it was requested that any do-over in the state include the Detroit Tigers.