Mission Statement. The Apache POI Project's mission is to create and maintain Java APIs for manipulating various file formats based upon the Office Open XML standards (OOXML) and Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format (OLE2). In short, you can read and write MS Excel files using Java.
United Offers 'Free' Checked Bags for a Year, for a Fee. United is raising the fee for a second checked bag from $70 to $100. United Airlines will let you check bags for a year free of baggage service charges, provided you pay upfront. The airline now offers an annual subscription service for checked bags. The cost starts at $349 per year, which covers one checked bag on flights in the continental United States for one person. The program, announced earlier this week, is the first of its kind.
1 One free checked bag on all Hawaiian Airlines flights booked directly on their website using the new card. Good deal. 2  One-time 50% companion discount on a published full coach round-trip fare between North America and Hawaii. Can be worth $300 or more.  One companion discount at each credit card anniversary.