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CHICAGO, Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for LINE, DAL, HLF, AMBA and NPSP.

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Today’s PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Linn Energy (NASDAQ: LINE), Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL), Herbalife (NYSE: HLF), Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA), NPS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: NPSP). InvestorsObserver’s PriceWatch Alerts contain concise, detailed strategies for each stock we cover, including position protection tactics designed to defend investors from potential market shifts. While many other market reports only provide stock news and opinion, we offer strategies that can bulwark investments against uncertainty and increase chances of making a profit, even if a stock goes down.

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Packing Tips for Airline Carry On Rules

carry on luggage

After airlines began charging fees for checked baggage in 2008[1], frugal travelers started cramming everything into their carry-on bags. While overhead compartments got a lot more crowded, this tactic worked well. But recently, travelers have seen stricter enforcement of airline carry on rules. Here are some packing tips to make sure your bag fits.

Are There New Airline Carry on Rules?

Travel writer George Hobica of Airfarewatchdog.com wrote in USA Today[2]that before a recent flight on American Airlines, airport staff insisted he place his suitcase in a bag sizer. Despite having “taken this same 21-inch four-wheeled suitcase all around the world,” he wrote, it was rejected as being too big. One side was one inch too long.

Other airlines responded by saying they had not changed their carry on size limits, but Hobica contends that they have. Before March 2014, he says, United’s carry on bag limit was 45 inches (height + width + depth), including wheels and handles, with no side being longer than 22 inches. The new language says carry on luggage can’t exceed 9 inches by 14 inches by 22 inches.[3] It might seem like a small difference, he says, but this can mean that some bags that previously met the requirements will now have to be checked at additional cost. Hobica says a Delta passenger told him that a bag identical in size to his was also rejected as a carry on for a recent flight.

The upshot is that while most airlines’ carry on limits remain the same, it seems that some are getting stricter about enforcement. Here are some packing tips to ensure your bags meet airline carry on rules.

Research Your Airline’s Specific Policies

Airlines each have their own policies about carry on bag size, fees and definitions. Here are some major airlines’ carry on rules and maximum dimensions, as of July 2014. Remember that wheels and handles are included in the dimensions.

  • Alaska Airlines: 24″ by 17″ by 10″. Exceptions made for human organs, art portfolios, paintings, delicate scientific equipment and fishing poles.[4]
  • American Airlines: 22″ by 14″ by 9″. 45” combined dimensions. Beginning in June 2014, one diaper bag or duty-free item may be brought on board as a second personal item.[5]
  • Delta: 22″ x 14″ x 9″. 45″ combined dimensions.[6]
  • Frontier Airlines: 24″ by 16″ by 10″. A fee is charged for carry-on bags, ranging from $25 to $50.[7]
  • JetBlue: 24″ by 16″ by 10″ [8]
  • Southwest: 24″ by 16″ by 10″[9]
  • United: 22″ x 14″ x 9″[10]

Know Which Items You’re Allowed to Carry On Separately

If your bag is bulging at the seams, you can take out certain items and bring them on board in your hands to make sure you’re meeting airline carry-on rules. Airlines typically allow passengers to carry on books and magazines, coats and outerwear, food, umbrellas and walking aids.[11]

Maximize Your “Personal Item”

Most airlines permit travelers to bring one personal item in addition to their carry on bag. This can mean a purse, backpack, briefcase or computer bag, but not more than one of these. (Some airlines permit diaper bags to be carried as a second personal item.) While your personal item must fit under the airplane seat, many airlines do not have specific dimensions it must meet. So pack as much as you can in your personal item to reduce the size of your carry on bag.

Try a Carry On Bag That Compresses Your Clothes

Forget those flimsy elastic bands in your old suitcase. Briggs-Riley sells a line of compression luggage that expands by a third and then shrinks back to regulation carry-on size when you zip it up.

Pack Your Bag Thoughtfully

To maximize space in your carry on bag, tightly roll your clothes and place the larger items in the bag first. Tuck socks, underwear and other small items in the leftover space, including inside your shoes. Make sure all liquids and gels meet TSA size limits and are easily accessible for inspection.

Nasty little Delta Airlines security flaw lets you use someone else’s boarding pass

The holidays are a hectic time for airlines and airports, as they try to deal with the large influx of people visiting loved ones. The last thing anyone wants happening is some sort of security glitch that will ruin their holiday, and that’s precisely what happened with Delta Airlines’ nasty little glitch that lets you access someone else’s boarding pass.

Discovered by BuzzFeed ad product intern and the founder of Hackers of NY Dani Grant, the glitch presents you with someone else’s boarding pass when you change the URL of your boarding pass. What’s worse is that even if the person is on a different airline, the glitch still affects them equally. With the boarding pass, not only can you check in on them, but you can also change their seat.

Related: This is why you can’t find an iPhone 6 Plus: United Airlines gives 23,000 out to its flight attendants

Grant alerted Delta to the flaw, but the airline gave a rather unsatisfying response:

Delta response

While the easiest counter to such a flaw is for airports to conduct thorough identity checks, there’s no guarantee that every airport will do such a thing, especially when dealing with the large number of people flying out for the holidays. In addition, such a solution would put the onus solely on the airports when it was Delta’s security flaw to begin with. Hopefully, the airline can remedy the glitch before it has irate customers on its hands.

Delta flight from Seattle to Paris lands in Billings after electrical odor reported


The Delta flight from Seattle on the ground in Billings, Mont., Monday night. (Photo courtesy of KTVQ News)

The Delta flight from Seattle on the ground in Billings, Mont., Monday night. (Photo courtesy of KTVQ News)

The Delta flight from Seattle on the ground in Billings, Mont., Monday night. (Photo courtesy of KTVQ News)

The Delta flight from Seattle on the ground in Billings, Mont., Monday night. (Photo courtesy of KTVQ News)

SEATTLE — Delta Airlines Flight 32 en route from Seattle to Paris made an unscheduled landing in Billings, Mont., Monday night after passengers reported smelling an electrical odor on board.

According to KTVQ News, mechanics in Billings were looking at the plane to determine if it is OK to continue on or if passengers will have to wait for another plane.

The manifest shows the Boeing 767 was carrying 203 passengers and 10 crew members.

 

Emergency stop in Montana for Seattle to Paris flight

A Delta Airlines Flight 32 from Seattle to Paris with more than 200 people aboard made an emergency landing in Billings, Mont., Monday evening after an “electrical odor” was detected, the Billings Gazette reported.

“They smelled an electrical odor on board, so they made a precautionary landing here,” Shane Ketterling, operations supervisor for Billings Logan International Airport, told the Gazette.

Authorities inspected the plane, a Boeing 767 with 203 passengers and 10 crew members, but found nothing out of order, Ketterling said.

He told the Gazette that Delta officials hoped to have the aircraft on its way to a hub in Minneapolis or Detroit by midnight where passengers would transfer to a plane that could continue on to France.

Seattle-Paris flight diverted to Billings, Mont.

A Delta Airlines flight from Seattle to Paris made an emergency landing in Billings, Montana Monday night.  

Airlines officials said the Boeing 767 plane was diverted after the crew detected a smoking odor in the cabin.

The plane landed in Billings at about 7:30 p.m.

Crews evaluated the plane and continued its flight to Paris.

Delta officials said the plane will make a crew change in New York. 

Sarah Hyland Gets Her Boogey on With ‘The Penguins of Madagascar’ at Delta Holiday Party

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Sarah Hyland got her boogey on with The Penguins of Madagascar at the Delta Airlines annual holiday party at LAX Wednesday.

The Modern Family star and singer Jordin Sparks joined the festivities at Delta’s Holiday in the Hangar celebration, “Flight to the North Pole,” for children of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and it looked like the 24-year-old had the time of her life.

Others to make the event memorable for the kiddos included Toothless, the Coca-Cola Polar Bear, LA Lakers alum A.C. Green, LA Kings’ Bailey mascot, Ice Crew, and Chariot Staff. And, of course, Santa Claus and his elves were there.

Kids attending the party had a lot of fun things to do — participating in sports games with the LA Lakers and the Kings, DJ “spinning” with the Grammy Museum, making holiday arts and crafts and singing Christmas songs with Santa and his elves.

Also. This happened today. Grindin on penguins. Cool sarah.

A video posted by Sarah Hyland (@therealsarahhyland) on Dec 12, 2014 at 3:27pm PST

Hyland posted a video on Instagram, which showed the actress dressed in a white skirt, a white mid-drift-baring top and white pumps, “grindin on penguins” at the event. Hyland also posted a photo to her Twitter account.

Hyland, who plays Haley Dunphy in the ABC series, will next be seen in the upcoming comedy drama See You in Valhalla.



Sarah Hyland Gets Her Boogey on With ‘The Penguins of Madagascar’ at Delta Holiday Party
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Home for the holidays

Diana Clement-Holder (second right) and the members of her family. Below: Sherrie Holder (right). Londoners Duelette St Hill and her mother Hyacinth Marshall. (Picture by Nigel Browne)

SOME LEFT cold and blustery conditions back home in London.

Others took advantage of the new non-stop Delta Airlines service from Atlanta.

And all were glad to be in Barbados for the Christmas season.

Yesterday, hundreds of people touched down at the Grantley Adams International Airport to be with friends and family for the festive season.

Bear hugs, kisses and shrieks of delight were the order of the day as local families reconnected with loved ones.

Sherrie Holder, a former national basketballer and now neuro-physiologist, was one
of those who was back home with her daughter.

Now living in Atlanta, she has been making the annual trip to be with parents since she left the island on an athletics scholarship in 1998.

“I’m here for three weeks and I plan to do the beach, enjoy, get some cooked food, some home food,” she said laughing.

Holder also plans to take in some games while she is here.

“I will definitely visit some games and I always go back to the schools and see how the girls are doing and progressing because I still have a very good relationship with the coaches so if we could get our girls out there. . .,” she enthused.

Holder was full of praise for the new Delta Airlines direct flight, from Atlanta, now in its second week.

“I’m so happy it’s direct, especially when you have to travel with kids and stuff. You had to transfer to Miami and then come here; now it’s one straight flight,” Holder said.

Meanwhile, Londoner Diana Clement-Holder was her with her family of six.

“It’s very cold, windy and rainy so I’m looking forward to the sun, the beach, and all the trees,” she said.

Clement-Holder, who arrived on the Virgin Atlantic flight, will be staying with her family for the three weeks of her vacation.

Barbados is where she got married, she revealed.

Duelette St Hill and her mother Hyacinth Marshall were also glad to get away from the cold of London.

They, too, have been coming here every year for many years and their plan for their five weeks of sunshine is simple.

“To eat, drink and be merry,” said Hyacinth. (HLE)

 

Sarah Hyland dances with penguins at Delta holiday party

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 (UPI) — Sarah Hyland partied with The Penguins of Madagascar at the Delta Airlines annual holiday party at LAX Wednesday.

The 24-year-old Modern Family star was joined by singer Jordin Sparks for Delta’s Holiday in the Hangar celebration.

The actress shared a video of herself “grinding on penguins” on her Instagram account Wednesday and later tweeted about the event.

Also. This happened today. Grindin on penguins. Cool sarah.

A video posted by Sarah Hyland (@therealsarahhyland) on Dec 12, 2014 at 3:27pm PST

“What a day! Truly got into the holiday spirit w/ @Delta the cutest little kids from @PS_ARTS @ChildrensLA @ Deltas Holiday in the Hangar” Highland wrote on Twitter after the bash.

Hyland is best known for her portrayal of Haley Dunphy in the ABC series and stars in the upcoming comedy drama See You in Valhalla.