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		<title>Looking for the best Mother’s Day Gift ever? How about No More Airport Rides?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 18:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was speaking with someone whose friend’s entire weekend was ruined by her daughter flying in to meet her. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to see her daughter—it was the sheer anxiety brought on by the though of having to pick her up at the airport. Sound familiar? Well, this got me thinking. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=609&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to deal with someone kicking your seat on your flight (Uncensored version)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I noticed that someone actually did a Google search for &#8220;please hug me i&#8217;ve been delayed solution for someone kicking your seat.&#8221;  I have to say, I&#8217;m honored. In fact, humbled. Apparently, my ranting on NPR about the Chronic Seat Kickers (CSKs) on board our flights has been hitting home. And while this  is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=597&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quest for NY Times Bestseller and dreaming big&#8230; it&#8217;s on!</title>
		<link>http://beendelayed.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/quest-for-ny-times-bestseller-and-dreaming-big-its-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning kids. This is Captain Jeff, coming to you live from the flight deck. We&#8217;d like to thank you for flying Hug Me Airlines, the only airline in the world where the beer is free, crying babies have their own daycare down below, and the passenger always comes first. Hmmm&#8230; huge dream. Let&#8217;s start [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=583&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mom was right: Cutting coupons is the way to go&#8230; even for air travel</title>
		<link>http://beendelayed.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/mom-was-right-cutting-coupons-is-the-way-to-go-even-for-air-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no secret my favorite airline is Virgin America. And here is yet another reason why they rock. Coupons for booking your travel with them. That&#8217;s right. Last month Virgin became the first airline to offer coupons on the uber-popular site Groupon, with a nice offer to save $70 on airfare purchased that particular day. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=577&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online Ticket Purchasing is Changing: So What Can We Expect for 2011?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone has conducted a recent search for a plane ticket, you know that things have gotten even more complicated.  New search engines like Bing and Hipmunk have cropped up, and now even Google is entering the airline ticket business. (They’re like a Jewish mother-in-law—just can’t keep their hands out of anything.) American Airlines recently [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=578&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Curious how your favorite airline fared in 2010?</title>
		<link>http://beendelayed.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/curious-how-your-favorite-airline-fared-in-2010-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Flight delays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Curious how the 2010 season ended up with regards to delays and cancellations?  Well, not as good as one might&#8217;ve hoped. According to the latest stats compiled by FlightStats.com, there were 29,391 flights cancelled in North America in December alone. TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE FLIGHTS. Think that&#8217;s an insane amount of flights?  It is! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=575&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NPR Weekend Edition interview: now online!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate enough to be featured on NPR&#8217;s Weekend Edition this past Sunday. For anyone who missed it (it did air quite early, I forgive you) below is the transcript. Or, click to listen online: TRANSCRIPT: LIANE HANSEN, host: This holiday season, we wish you smooth travels. May your plane leave on time and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=536&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe for Best Thanksgiving Dinner Ever!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Excerpt from Chapter 2 &#8211; At the Airport, Please Hug Me &#8211; I&#8217;ve Been Delayed) Do the words &#8220;my mother is coming to visit&#8221; immediately send you into a three-day anxiety attack? Have you moved your family to ten different cities in the past two years just to avoid her visits, but she still manages [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=472&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Airport Security: Pat downs, Rubdowns, and Body Scans, Part II</title>
		<link>http://beendelayed.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/airport-security-part-ii-pat-downs-rubdowns-and-body-scans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought this topic would disappear quickly?  Think again.  Due to the recent public outcry about the new airport security procedures that include full body scans and invasive pat downs, the head of the TSA John Pistole (how&#8217;d you like his job?) announced they will reexamine the new policy, and offer less-invasive pat downs. And now [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=518&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Airport Security: Is a patdown really necessary? (Only if he&#8217;s cute)</title>
		<link>http://beendelayed.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/airport-security-is-a-patdown-really-necessary-only-if-hes-cute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK!  We&#8217;ve finally got a controversial topic again. Oil prices went down, weather&#8217;s been decent for a bit there, and travelers have seemed content playing on their new iPads.  BUT NOW WE&#8217;RE BACK! The latest?  Airport patdowns and full-body scanners. Everyone is up in arms about the new security procedures, claiming our human rights are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beendelayed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12074640&amp;post=481&amp;subd=beendelayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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