July 2006

Fare Compare has a new search tool that allows users to make comparisons between airports at a glance, judge price per mile, and see the lowest fares for each day.

Fare Compare also offers a search for those Y-Up and Q-up fares that Steve wrote about back in May.

Via Upgrade Travel.

Whenever I’m in a new city, it seems like I’m dialing and receiving calls from at least three new numbers repeatedly. In the midst of all the hurly burly of a business trip, who has the time to enter those numbers into your address book.

JK on the Run has a post about some handy new freeware that makes the whole process just a tiny bit easier for Windows Mobile Phone Edition users.

Latest research indicates that cell phone emissions are not totally without risk. Full story here.

“…researchers at Carnegie Mellon University concluded that cell phones and other PEDs could endanger the normal operation of critical navigation systems on aircraft. After monitoring radio emissions from portable electronics during airline flights (with an antenna and spectrum analyzer that fit into a carry-on bag), they estimate that an average of one to four cellular calls are made from the cabin during each trip–despite the ban. The researchers also determined that some of the emissions from mobile phones occurred in frequencies employed by Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, which are increasingly vital for safe landings. In addition, the study warned that avionics that operate at non-cell phone frequencies could encounter interference when nearby wireless signals interact and generate spurious spikes in other frequency ranges.”