When Jessica Kamzik’s father was diagnosed with stomach cancer last summer, there was no question about what she had to do. Dad’s prognosis was “grave” — the doctors said he probably wouldn’t make it to the holidays — and, “as any loving daughter would do, I immediately cancelled our vacation to stay closer to him,” she says.
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Although I consider “reader mail” posts a journalistic cop-out — a favorite tool of lazy columnists who can’t think of anything else to write — I’m willing to make an exception today.
It was inevitable. Sooner or later, I knew I’d have to come back to New York. So here I am!
Sarena Wiener thought she’d taken every precaution before embarking on her Vantage Deluxe World Travel tour of India recently. Her flight itinerary gave her plenty of time to make her connections, she had purchased travel insurance, and to besides, she was a valued customer — a member of Vantage’s “President’s Club.”
You know Murphy’s Law — “anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”? Well, Eric Schwartzman had one of those experiences when he rented an apartment from AirBNB recently.
Here are two more reasons you should never check valuables in your luggage when you’re flying: Michael Pujol and his wife, Betsy Pujol Salazar.
If you have a problem with the TSA, what’s your next step?
Mita Upadhyay has a “Catch-22″ problem with a visa, but British Airways wants $500 to fix it. Is that good customer service — or a hard lesson learned about having the right paperwork?
Want to get through the TSA screening process as quickly and painlessly as possible? Sure you do.
Erik Szabo is “livid.”
With the possible exception of fares, no aspect of air travel is more misunderstood than the TSA checkpoint. So as a public service, I’m going to deal with some of the common myths about TSA screening.
Here’s a decision most of us will have to make the next time we fly: Should we splurge for a “premium” seat in economy class — an aisle or a window seat — or leave it to chance, and possibly end up in a middle seat?
One of the most common questions I get from air travelers is whether they really have to endure the searches, scans and pat-downs at the hands of a TSA agent.
Ah, the perils of airline codesharing! That’s the questionable but widespread practice of claiming another airline’s flight is yours. And it doesn’t always benefit the passenger, as Brad Albing will tell you.
Anne Newman’s holiday cruise from Baltimore to the Bahamas on the Carnival Pride got off to the worst start possible when two members of her party — her brother and father — were left standing at the dock because of a paperwork problem.
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