Fall is no better: There were only three days available in October to fly to Las Vegas on a standard mileage award.

WSJ: Finding the Elusive Formula for Cashing in Miles

The San Antonio Spurs were also staying overnight in Detroit after seeing their 11-game winning streak fall to the Pistons, awaiting word on when they might be able to fly to New York for their game Sunday night at Brooklyn.

WSJ: Northeast storm disrupts travel for sports teams

In case you fall off the space station and don't listen to your mom's instructions, you can fly back with the little thrusters on that jet pack.

NPR: Former Astronaut on NASA Risk Assessment

Rising sea levels, salination of fresh water, droughts, floods... the maths of future climate impacts are inexact, but on a global scale the costs are likely to rise, not fall - and by far more than the costs borne by highly profitable Chinese airlines as they fly inside the EU's climate policy umbrella.

BBC: EU's aviation charge is a drop for China's airlines