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Crazy – and charming – travelers

08/04/21

Travel has been sort of crazy this week. But there is some sign of charming behavior out there. There’s the saga of the drunken, raving passenger on Frontier Airlines who was duct-taped to his seat after assaulting and groping flight attendants. At first, Frontier Airlines suspended the flight attendants involved. The reason? They had not →

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Giveaways for Southwest Airlines’ 50th Anniversary

06/06/21

June 18 marks 50 years since Southwest Airlines flew its first commercial flight and to celebrate the airline is giving away prizes through June 18 and celebrating all month long. The Southwest Airlines Sweepstakes Through June 18, anyone can enter the sweepstakes here for a chance to win prizes that include 50, 100, 250, 500, →

Passenger volumes picking up. So is satisfaction with airlines

05/12/21

While the U.S. Department of Transportation logged a record high number of complaints from airline passengers in 2020 – predominantly about ticket refunds – satisfaction with airlines now seems to be on the rise. That is according to the 2021 North American Airline Satisfaction Study from J.D. Power. The data for the study covers →

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Travel Tidbits: smuggled finches, Iceland adventures, middle seats, and more

03/31/21

There does indeed seem to be an uptick in travel and travel news. Here’s some of what we spotted today. Delta Air Lines will stop blocking middle seat starting May 1. They were last US airline still blocking middle seats. Delta also announced on Tuesday that it is extending the expiration date on travel credits →

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Do you know where your pandemic flight credits are?

03/22/21

[This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News] When the pandemic hit, Vanessa Mumford-Minshull of Campbell, CA scrambled to cancel a multi-leg, multi-airline European trip for four people. She asked for refunds. Airlines automatically issued vouchers. “I sent email saying, ‘I don’t want this,’ but got no answer,” says →

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Frontier Airlines Tales of Tails

02/02/21

Like many other carriers, Frontier Airlines recently changed its policy regarding emotional support animals flying inside the plane: they are no longer welcome. But a growing menagerie of animals continues to adorn the tails of all Frontier Airlines planes. There are land animals, such as Al the Roadrunner. Endangered species, such as Hugh the Manatee. →

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Holiday shopping in the British Airways crockery closet

11/23/20

Food not included… Are you a fan of British Airways? The airline knows that many people are yearning for something – anything – to remind them of the excitement of flying somewhere on a plane. So the airline is feeding that hunger by putting some of its unneeded in-flight service items on sale. Just in →

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Don’t want to fly? Links to cancel/change policies of U.S. airlines

03/10/20

The coronavirus outbreak is wreaking havoc worldwide with health, business and travel. The health part is head-spinning, as more people are being diagnosed with the virus and the reported death toll is rising. If you’re not sick and need to travel somewhere for work, to be with family or for a long-planned vacation, you may →

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Travel Tidbits: New gate numbers, new flights

10/25/19

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has a new, easier to understand gate numbering system. Previously, there was a continuous numbering system across all terminals and concourses, from 1 to 102. The new gate numbering system breaks it down to specific concourses within each terminal. Here’s a handy video to help explain how it works: →

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Think your last flight was long? Check out this Qantas flight

10/20/19

The next time you feel antsy on a long flight, think about how much longer your flight could be. Qantas just took a big step closer to creating a regular non-stop commercial flight that will last 20 hours. Over the weekend, Qantas operated a special flight from New York to Sydney that spent 19 hours →

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