Changes in the Air

PayPal fans now have the option to use their account to pay for US Airways tickets.

US Airways Adds PayPal to Ticketing Options

American Airlines has agreed to offers its airline tickets through Priceline. It also announced a $5 fare increase for many of its U.S. routes, and that, in turn, prompted Southwest to take a breather from playing fashion police to raise fares along many of its routes out of Dallas Love Field by $10.

Southwest Raises Some Fares

Jet Blue is lobbying to become the first low-cost carrier in the U.S. to fly to Bogota, Columbia from Fort Lauderdale.

Jet Blue Asks for Colombia Flights

By November, Delta will begin serving up a revamped menu created by Todd English that features items like a chilled black olive spaghetti salad and a roast beef cobb sandwich on select flights. Look for the menu to become standard on all long haul flights by the spring. Delta To Preview Menu from Celebrity Chef

While AirTrain is beefing up its Florida service, Skybus is cutting almost a third of its routes to focus on short haul flights in 2008.

Small Airline to Focus on More, Shorter Flights

More Draaanks

Bunking in at a Hilton? Be on the lookout for master mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim’s signature cocktails, based on traditional elixirs from around the world. The hotel chain is rolling out the beverages in select lounges and bars at U.S. Hilton properties.

The Best of the Best

Conde Nast Traveler has announced the results of its 20th annual Reader’s Choice Awards, which appear in the November issue of the magazine. The big winners? Singapore Airlines remained in the number one slot for international airlines (it’s been there for 19 of the last 20 years), while San Francisco beat out every other city in the country to remain readers’ favorite urban destination. While the results aren’t up on Concierge.com yet (the magazine’s web arm), they are available on Hotels News Resource.

And speaking of Singapore Airlines, the company has officially become the first Airbus A380 customer to actually receive the long-awaited mega-plane. Airbus Delivers Long-Delayed A380

Meanwhile….

The Heard Museum in Phoenix will waive admission for veterans and active duty personnel from Nov. 13-16, 2007.

Green Bay, WI welcomed its first Cambria Suites property this week.

Washington, DC looks like its will be trading the antiquated zone system used by its taxi cabs for meter system used everywhere else in the country. Meters Coming to DC Taxis