Southwest; ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Joe Francis; Beijing air quality

Good morning, travelers! I’m actually getting onboard a plane this morning. Wouldn’t you know it, I’m taking Southwest. So far, my flight is still OK and hasn’t been canceled in the wake of the FAA’s $10.2-million civil penalty fine. However, more than 8% of its fleet was affected.

What do you think was bigger news, ‘Girls Gone Wild’s Joe Francis getting out of jail or Southwest Airlines grounding its planes. I thought I’d test it out in a Google Fight. Two times Joe Francis won, no matter how I worded it.

“Girls Gone Wild Joe Francis vs. Southwest Airlines grounds planes”

In other news, did you know that you can catch a bus from Washington, D.C., to New York City? Intelligent Travel has the word on Greyhound’s new BoltBus.

Also, I can’t get enough of blog posts about crazy hotel architecture. Do you think the Full Moon Hotel is real? It looks just like the Death Star! We won’t know unless we go to Baku, Azerbaijan. [Vagabondish]

Here’s something I hadn’t heard about: apparently there’s a very big concern from Olympians about the air quality in Beijing.

— Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel Deal Blogger

[Photo: Andy Wong / Associated Press; Image: GoogleFight.com]

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