# Pier 39 in San Francisco celebrates its 45th birthday

- URL: https://travelguysradio.com/2023/09/30/pier-39-san-francisco-celebrates-its-45th-birthday
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- Audio (MP3): https://audio.travelguysradio.com/2023/09/travelguysshow093023.mp3

*On the Saturday, September 30th, 2023 edition of The Travel Guys…*

- In the **Travel News**, Pier 39 in San Francisco celebrates its 45th birthday, and Delta Airlines, they who boldly wiped out their frequent flyer program two weeks ago, admit perhaps they went too far.
- The Chief Health officer of a major airline says there are five things he absolutely would not do before or during a flight. We share those with you in our **Smarter Traveler** segment.
- The junk fee situation is spreading and getting more ridiculous. Now restaurants are adding bogus surcharges to their bills. The latest update on how travel vendors are **digging into our wallets**.
- Our **Odds and Ends** segment includes some good news for travel advisors and Mark's lament on the disappearance of the "shoulder season" for travel.

## Highlights

- [Joe Brancatelli's Travel Site](https://joesentme.com/)
- [TSA in Miami getting into bags](https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/09/15/tsa-agents-theft-miami-airport-affil-cprog-ldn-vpx.wsvn)
- [Renting an electric vehicle? Here are some tips.](https://www.travelersunited.org/electric-vehicle-renters-beware-theres-much-to-know-beforehand/?utm_source=newsletter)
- [A new take on economy seating on planes, except....](https://www.facebook.com/supercarblondie/posts/pfbid02rRDcvqiEAF3giUqVyk2LQWdzoaUY77TKtF3fKLjnKHR8DRtuBhnrmrLBfNBkv2C8l?comment_id=675876497785788)
- [Trans-Siberian Orchestra Website](https://www.trans-siberian.com/)
- [Burning Man](https://burningman.org/)
- [Broadway Sacramento](https://www.broadwaysacramento.com/)
- [How to get compensation for getting bumped from a flight](https://www.facebook.com/reel/770948568374298)
- [How to win your consumer dispute using the Elliott Method](https://www.elliott.org/advocacy/how-to-win-your-consumer-dispute-using-the-elliott-method/)
- [Special events for California Wine Month](https://discovercaliforniawines.com/)
- [Supersonic Planes are making a comeback](https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/nasa-takes-commercial-aviation-one-step-closer-to-supersonic-passenger-planes)
- [Consumer Alert: The ride-sharing vomit scam is back!](https://www.elliottconfidential.com/p/consumer-alert-the-ride-sharing-vomit?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
- [Holiday airlines tickets - when to buy](https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/heres-when-to-score-the-best-deal-on-airline-tickets-for-the-2023-holiday-season)
- [Mark corrects the AirTag link - the REAL price](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0932QJ2JZ/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&aaxitk=b3ec1f2653c46365f0aed073beea7080&content-id=amzn1.sym.cd95889f-432f-43a7-8ec8-833616493f4a%3Aamzn1.sym.cd95889f-432f-43a7-8ec8-833616493f4a&hsa_cr_id=9583574130501&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_r=e7253a88-f442-449d-b11f-50abff2b42e4&pd_rd_w=P680T&pd_rd_wg=0DvA2&qid=1692555807&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_lsi4d_asin_1_img&sr=1-2-9e67e56a-6f64-441f-a281-df67fc737124)
- [Travelers United](https://www.travelersunited.org/)
- [SacTown Bites](https://www.sactownbites.com/)

Tags: [air travel](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/air-travel), [airports](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/airports), [Delta Air Lines](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/delta-air-lines), [junk fees](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/junk-fees), [Odds & Ends](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/odds-ends), [Pier 39](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/pier-39), [San Francisco](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/san-francisco), [smarter traveler](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/smarter-traveler), [travel news](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/travel-news)

Previous Episode: [TSA officers stop a flight attendant with a gun](https://travelguysradio.com/2023/09/23/tsa-officers-stop-flight-attendant-gun) — September 23, 2023
Next Episode: [An update on expected wait times for a passport](https://travelguysradio.com/2023/10/07/update-expected-wait-times-passport) — October 7, 2023

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