The Summer Olympics in Beijing has barely ended, and already folks are looking to secure tickets to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Through Nov. 7, prospective ticket buyers may submit online requests for events. Between mid-November and mid-December, tickets will be allocated, and ticket hopefuls will be notified by e-mail whether they have been successful. Based on current exchange rates, you can expect to pay $174 to $1,049 for the Opening Ceremonies at BC Place stadium. For info on the Vancouver Olympics, scheduled for Feb. 12-28: www.vancouver2010.com. For ticket information: www.cosport.com.

Tops in the sky

Forbes.com has published the results of a study to determine which U.S. airlines are the most reliable and, perhaps more important, the most unreliable. The hands-down winner? Southwest.

The discount carrier ranked highest in on-time arrival (more than 80 percent of the time, compared with the industry-wide average of 76.8 percent) and lowest in flight cancellations (.065 percent) and complaints (.18 out of 100,000 customers). Continental ranked second, while JetBlue, AirTran and Delta rounded out the top five. Tying for last place were United and US Airways.

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