Pay a seat reservation fee — or your kids don’t fly with you
Being separated from your family while you’re traveling is every child’s worst nightmare. Every parent’s, too.
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If luggage fees are wrong, who pays?
Carla Stewart believes she’s flying from Madrid to Cancun on Air Europa, and that her luggage fee is 60 Euros per bag. She’s wrong on both counts, and has to spend 500 Euros to transport her luggage on another airline. Who is responsible?
Dollar’s ‘additional driver’ fee that won’t go away
Bayard Allmond is told his rental car won’t come with an extra driver fee for his wife, but when he gets his bill, he finds the surcharge, anyway. Is there any way to get his car rental company to make good on its promise?
Do travelers need new federal protections?
It’s not your imagination. Congress seems to be paying closer attention to travelers’ welfare.
Why isn’t anyone mad about car rental fee disclosure?
When it comes to airline fees, there’s no shortage of outrage. The simple mention of the word “ancillary” or “surcharge” in a story is enough to draw hundreds of comments.
Ridiculous or not? Hotels eye airline-like rebooking fees
I’m always on the lookout for new fees, so when Katherine Walton emailed me about her recent stay at the Chateau Timberline, a hotel in Packwood, Wash., she had my attention.
Are new fee disclosure rules any good?
Search for a flight between Washington and Los Angeles on United.com and you’ll find a notice posted high above the fares saying, “Additional baggage charges may apply.”
An unmarried driver fee? How enterprising
When Stacey Koprince rents a car with her partner in Hilton Head, SC, there’s an additional driver fee of $5 a day – a fee Enterprise had promised not to charge. What now?
Ridiculous or not? Mandatory housekeeping fees are just around the corner
To get an idea of what the hotel bill of the future might look like, take a look at your present bill at the Atlantis in the Bahamas.
Codeshare confusion: Whose baggage policy applies to my flight?
Codesharing, or allowing multiple airlines to sell tickets on the same flight as if it were their own, can lead to a lot of confusion. And it’s more than just a matter of, “What flight am I on?”