What’s so funny about airline fees? Everything!
The latest round of airline fees are nothing to laugh about. Or are they? Actually, they’re pretty funny, at least according to people in the parody business.
Mad at the airlines? 4 ways to get even
Get ready. It’s coming. You can hear it in conversations with other travelers: the whispers of imminent action. You can almost feel it in the airport terminal: the nervous energy, the pent-up frustration.
Airline industry on track to set new lobbying record
The U.S. airline industry appears to be on track to set a new record for money spent lobbying elected officials, according to the latest government records.
Breaking: Inspector Clouseau hired by TSA
Did you hear about the Clouseau-like Transportation Security Agency inspector who managed to damage nine American Eagle planes at O’Hare this week, resulting in 40 flights delayed or canceled and putting passengers and crews lives at risk? That’s just the half of it.
No, you don’t have the right to breastfeed a Chihuahua on a plane
A recent article in the Canadian Globe and Mail cites a case of a Vancouver, British Columbia woman who is prepared to file a human-rights complaint against WestJet after being asked to cover her breast while feeding her son during a July 2 flight. David Burns takes it from there.
Overcrowded skies ahead: 10 strategies for surviving a full plane
The summer is in its final stretch, and after Labor Day weekend, you’d think you can say goodbye to overpopulated airplanes until Thanksgiving. Take it from me, you can’t.
This might be the end of the runway for airfare increases
Here’s a little good news for air travelers who think they’ll have to take out a second mortgage the next time they fly. In a sign that the sky apparently isn’t the limit for price increases, one airline has cut its fares.
Pursuing Passengers’ Bill of Rights is a waste of time and money
Monday, July 28, was not a fun day to be an airline passenger departing from virtually anywhere in the northeastern U.S. So much so, that some of the long airline delays even made news headlines, as in the case of from JFK to Las Vegas.
Warning: air travel can be a real riot
Next time your flight lands without incident, consider yourself fortunate. At least no one rioted.
Welcome to emergency landing week
Is it my imagination, or are we having an epidemic of emergency landings?