Is United’s new door-to-door baggage service a good deal?
United Airlines is the first US airline to offer a luggage shipping service via an overnight courier. Passengers can use it to avoid lugging suitcases through airports, eliminate luggage missing connections, and reduce the odds of luggage becoming lost or stolen. While this may seem to be a great deal, as they say, the “devil’s in the details.”
The truth about checkpoint-friendly luggage
You’ve probably heard about checkpoint-friendly bags, which allow you to go through airport security screening without removing your laptop. But there’s a catch.
So you’re a travel theft victim — now what?
Your hotel room has been burglarized. What now? Sometimes, no matter what you do or how careful and observant you are, you may become a travel theft victim. Ned Levi knows, because it’s happened to him.
A surprise vacation dilemma — you fly or your luggage, but not both
Holiday travelers from Newcastle, England to Crete were given a surprising choice by the captain of Viking Airlines: 70 passengers can either take a later flight or leave all the luggage behind because they didn’t have enough fuel.
“Gotta have these gadgets!” Well, maybe …
Any time a Web site or article tells me there are 25 “gotta haves” of anything — in this case, travel gadgets — I get very nervous. If I “gotta have” 25 new travel gadgets (or maybe even 15, assuming I’m cool enough that I already have 10 of them), where the heck am I going to put ‘em all?
Warning: carry-on luggage cops are on patrol
Airlines are starting to aggressively enforce their own carry-on rules. On a recent trip through Boston’s Logan and New York’s JFK airports, the baggage gestapo was out in force at the Delta Air Lines terminals monitoring passengers going through the security line.
Is the world ready for power-assisted luggage?
At a time when every checked bag costs extra, is the world ready for power-assisted baggage? A company called Live Luggage is betting on it.
Get ready for the summer of carry-on wars
Prepare for the summer of the carry-on wars. It’s bad enough that many people’s idea of carry-on courtesy makes cell phone users look polite. But it’s about to get worse. A lot worse.
From our forums: charging $15 for the FIRST bag? Get used to it, babe
Word that American Airlines will charge $15 for the first checked bag has sparked quite a debate on our forums.
Check it out! 10 clever luggage tips from a flight attendant
Anyone with a lick of sense will tell you that once airlines charge for a second bag, more and more passengers will start carrying them on board, adding to the sea of already overcrowded storage space. But it doesn’t have to be that way. James Wysong explains.