It started innocently enough: My friend Mary was celebrating what we’ll call a “significant” birthday at her summer home. I booked my flights, then asked, “Would you like me to bring a cake?” As a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I delve into the business of travel, and often the fun too. By now you've heard of the Incident of the Confiscated Cupcake. It ...

A New Jersey family says their plans to celebrate a birthday in Nevada were crushed when JetBlue Airways kicked them off the plane for storing a birthday cake in an overhead bin. Cameron Burke tells ...

Utahn RaChelle Hubsmith has been on a lot of TV food competition shows, but she never had to fly with a cake by her side before “Bake It ’Til You Make It” on the Food Network. “I’ve done the in-studio ...

Another chaotic incident has occurred on an airplane. This time, the cause of the problems started due to a birthday cake. The incident involved Cameron Burke, his wife (Minta Burke), and their two ...

In a new airline incident making headlines, a New Jersey family says they were kicked off a JetBlue flight to Las Vegas due to a dispute over a birthday cake they brought on the plane. NBC’s Tom ...

A family of four was removed from a Jet Blue flight earlier this month after trying to stow a birthday cake in the overhead compartment of a plane flying out of Newark Airport. Cameron Burke told the ...

Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. This is an airline story that, you might feel, takes the cake. Much depends, though, on whom ...

NEW YORK -- A New Jersey family says their plans to celebrate a birthday in Nevada were crushed when JetBlue Airways kicked them off the plane for storing a birthday cake in an overhead bin. According ...

NEW YORK (AP) – A New Jersey family says their plans to celebrate a birthday in Nevada were crushed when JetBlue Airways kicked them off the plane for storing a birthday cake in an overhead bin.