New TSA policy? Empty your pockets when you’re being screened
If you’re confused by the TSA’s many new security protocols — from enhanced pat-downs to printer cartridge bans — then you probably don’t want to know about Eugene Solomon.
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Is this enough compensation? Southwest confiscates tickets, offers “deal” to get family home
Ray Sandoval paid $650 for his wife and two young daughters to fly from Sacramento to New York on Southwest Airlines.
Thank you, TSA, for saving us from those dangerous snow globes, gel inserts and printer cartridges
True to form, the TSA has overreacted yet again to a minor security threat by banning printer cartridges. Printer cartridges!
Travel agency whacked with $200,000 fine for offering “free” flights with Sandals vacations
The best things in life may be free, but that apparently doesn’t extend to the airfare on your all-inclusive vacation, at least according to the government.
Beaches vacation goes bust, but how about that ticket promise?
Jen Knight’s family was looking forward to an all-inclusive vacation in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, until the resort sent her some bad news: Her hotel, Beaches Boscobel, would be closed for renovations.
This case can’t be solved: They charged $5,900 for a one-way ticket in economy class to fly to my mother’s funeral
Walk-up fares are some of the most flexible — and pricey — airline tickets. But corner any airline employee at a party, and they’ll admit these super-high, unrestricted fares, which are purchased at the last minute, are meant to be paid by business travelers on an expense account.
When will full-body scans become mandatory?
If you’re a fan of conspiracy theories, you might suspect the latest terror scare is just another cleverly-timed event that pushes us toward mandatory full-body scans at the airport — not unlike the clumsy underwear bomber, who conveniently ended a lively debate about the privacy problems of strip-search machines.
Three years later, Alitalia still owes me $528 for my lost baggage and ruined Italian vacation
Noah Markewich’s lost-luggage case had “lost cause” written all over it when he contacted me last week.
Delta fined $100,000 for misleading baggage brochure
Federal law says an airline can’t limit its liability for lost, damaged or delayed baggage to less than $3,300 per passenger. But if you’re flying on Delta Air Lines, you might have thought otherwise.
Can this trip be saved? “Eep! There’s a toenail in my bed!”
A lot can go wrong on a cruise, but Vanessa Williams’ sailing to the Bahamas on NCL’s Norwegian Sky had more than its fair share of problems.