Neither should you. And while there are more than enough scams that await travelers when booking their trips — covered in excruciating detail on this site — the’s also danger on the ground.
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It looked like smooth sailing for the DellaPenna family’s Alaska cruise. The airline tickets were booked and the seats confirmed. But just a day before they were to leave, United Airlines almost scuttled their vacation.
The Transportation Department’s latest high-profile fine goes against Comair for violating denied-boarding rules. It’s a big ticket: $275,000, which, while significantly less than the record fine against Spirit Airlines late last year, could be the largest enforcement action for bad bumping practices.
Here’s what happens when an airline can’t get its story straight. It ends up with a passenger like John Campagna, who nearly forced to abandon his “babies” in Honolulu.
During the last week, several news outlets and bloggers — including most recently, the Arizona Daily Star — have breathlessly reported that Southwest Airlines quietly revised its contract to define mechanical delays as an “Act of God.”
Amy and Kevin Roeder are stuck with a $1,600 bill from Thrifty Car Rental for damage they say they didn’t do. Thrifty insists they’re responsible, and isn’t backing down. And now I’m stuck, too. What do I do next?
Can you name the three branches of government?
In a word: fees. Lots and lots of fees.
A new study by a team of aviation consultants which claims the government’s new tarmac delay rule will cost the flying public $3.9 billion during the next two decades, is making waves in the aviation industry and beyond.
All Leslie McCormick wanted was to convert her Marriott points to American Airlines miles. But what should have been a simple transaction was complicated by a little red tape and a severed corporate relationship, and now McCormick’s points are going nowhere.
Lori Kaufman didn’t mean to play the system. She just wanted to reschedule her flight so she could attend her grandmother’s funeral.
I’ve been coming to Hawks Cay for years. I can’t help myself. There’s something about it — could be the resort or the magical location in the Middle Keys — that draws me back again and again.
Some fees are so confusing that even airlines can’t keep track of them, according to new research by Atlanta-based TruPrice.
Did Chris Hill’s mother and aunt have a bad flight on Virgin Atlantic? Without a doubt. The flight attendants were rude and the service was terrible, by their account.
We don’t know — yet. But we a majority of airline passengers believe it will happen, and probably soon. A new mobile poll by Predicto says 72 percent of users think another airline will follow Spirit Airlines’ lead this year.
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