How to kiss a giraffe and save a baby elephant
Editor’s note: After Thursday’s story about being delayed on our way from Nairobi to Orlando, several readers asked about our trip. Here’s my report.
Christopher Elliott
I don’t “trust the Midas touch” anymore!
Skyye Watson’s Nissan Rogue vibrated when she stepped on the gas pedal, an annoying but fixable problem. In the process, her faith in Midas has been shaken — and despite our advocacy team’s best efforts, we can’t repair the damage.
I canceled my AT&T service, so why am I still being billed?
Although Stacey Dodge has canceled her AT&T account and ported her wireless service to a new carrier, the bills keep coming. How to get rid of them?
Driving along the Trans-Canada Highway isn’t a road trip. It’s a family culinary tour
The Trans-Canada Highway stretches nearly 5,000 miles and crosses six time zones. If you’re in a rush, you can probably drive it in a week. But add a temperamental SUV, two working parents and three school-age kids, and it turns into a month-long adventure.
The TSA’s new pat-downs get too personal for some
When Barbara Leary went through the full-body scanner at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport recently, her hip replacements set off the alarm. She was directed to another line, where she underwent a physical search by a Transportation Security Administration agent.
My flight was canceled and I had to pay extra to travel
When Mark Schlangel’s flight is canceled, his airline refuses to rebook him on the next available flight, and he’s forced to buy a new ticket. Is he entitled to a refund?
Why doesn’t Caremark care about my insulin pump?
First, Caremark agrees to cover Ben Schwartz’s insulin pump. Then it refuses. Is there anything he can do to make Caremark honor its word?
How early should you arrive at the airport for your flight?
Want to start an argument? Tell your travel companion you won’t be arriving two hours before your flight. Go on, try it. I’ll be right here.
Will the long airport lines of spring break 2016 be back again this year?
If you’re already bracing for a long airport security line during the spring break travel season, then you must remember last year.
You do, don’t you? That’s when Transportation Security Administration screening wait times doubled under the weight of tighter security and swelling crowds. On just one day in mid-March, 6,800 American Airlines customers reportedly missed their flights, thanks to the lengthy TSA lines.