“You should all die”
Bad flight stories are a dime a dozen, but every now and then, I get one that rises above the others. Like Michelle Vazul’s.
Commentary
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No spare tire in my car rental – do I deserve a credit?
The late model Hyundai Elantra that Joe Gershman rented from Dollar in Charleston, SC, recently looked fine from the outside.
Who do you think you are?
Spend a little time driving America’s Interstate highways, and you’ll get to know all the characters that make their homes on the road.
Is it too easy to lose the TSA’s “trust”?
A new Transportation Security Administration initiative that lets trusted travelers bypass the airport screening line is on the verge of an ambitious expansion. By the end of the year, PreCheck, a government program that offers expedited screening to those who submit to an initial background check, is expected to be available in 35 airports.
How long is too long for an airline ticket refund?
Greg Melgares is a patient guy. But even his patience has limits. The refund from Southwest Airlines he’s been promised for a year still hasn’t arrived. Will the airline ever pay him?
Did Princess ship ignore a vessel asking for help?
It sounds like something straight out of a nightmare: You’re on a small fishing vessel, adrift in the Pacific. You see a ship in the distance, and you signal for help. But it keeps going.
A failed case from the Twilight Zone of travel
If there’s a Twilight Zone of travel cases, then Rochelle Dean has surely discovered it. And although I’ve done my best to help her, it looks like her recent vacation is still stuck someone between “solved” and “unsolved.”
Do taxi drivers prey on tourists?
It happened again to Peter Lawton last week. He got scammed by another cab driver, he says.
Is this a scam? “US Airlines” is offering me two roundtrip airline tickets
The offer looked legit to Richard Clarke — well, almost.
I had a panic attack and it ruined my honeymoon
Here’s another one for my “honeymoon from hell” file. It comes to us by way of Christine Vianello, who was all set to fly to Jamaica after getting married last October when something went terribly wrong.