Chasing the early summer snow in Chile
While North America is sweltering in 80- and 90-degree temperatures, the bottom half of the world is descending into an early winter. Charlie Leocha is chasing the snow at Chile’s Valle Nevado resort.
15 most on-time airports in America
If you think “air travel” and “delay” are synonymous — and we can’t blame you if you do — here’s some good news. You aren’t guaranteed to be late at a handful of American airports.
Internal memo details American flight cuts at LaGuardia
After the vociferous objections to caps and slot auctions at JFK and Newark from airline organizations, American Airlines has announced a dramatic cut in their LaGuardia flights and called on the Transportation Department to limit flights at LaGuardia.
Los Angeles airport employees plan march to protest bad service
Airline passengers complaining about bad service? Yawn. But when airport employees plan a march on a major airport to protest bad service — well, that kind of thing doesn’t happen every day.
Traveling with a pet? Do your doggone homework
For Anna Mallea, that headline may be an unfortunate play on words. After a flight from Texas aboard Continental Airlines, her family dog, Sassy, is missing. David Burns has some advice for shipping pets by air.
Congress sleeps while America’s passenger rail system crumbles
As gasoline prices steadily rise and airfares go up day by day, rail travel is looking more and more like a bargain. The only trouble is, the Amtrak system is literally crumbling and needs federal funding. Congress, who controls the purse strings is asleep at the switch.
TravelMuse wants to become “household name” in online travel planning
Got some vacation time coming but you don’t know where to go? A new site called TravelMuse wants to help.
No reservation in Las Vegas
Mary Jane Prough reserves a room in Las Vegas through Hotwire.com. But the resort she’s supposed to stay at has never heard of her, and she’s sent to a different hotel that’s out in the boondocks. What is Prough owed for the reservations snafu?