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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...