Tripso Weekend/October 7, 2007
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Tripso Columns
6 family travel headaches - solved!
So, you got hitched and now you have a kid or two. It sort of changes the whole dynamic of travel, doesn’t it? How do you survive a six-hour flight? How do you rekindle the romance with a toddler in tow? John Frenaye offers answers to six frequently asked questions about family travel. (John Frenaye)
A ticket fiasco in Frankfurt
As Frances Carter boards a flight from Frankfurt to Philadelphia, a gate agent stops her and tells her the ticket is “incomplete.” She’s sent on a sprint through a terminal, is forced to pay $125 for a replacement coupon, and almost misses her plane. Her online agent, Travelocity, says the fee was unnecessary, and promises a refund. But many months and phone calls later, she has received nothing. What should she do? (Christopher Elliott)
What’s in the hotel’s lost and found?
Guns, drugs, locked briefcases and naughty lingerie - sounds like a list of props for a James Bond movie, right? But no, these are just some of the unusual items that guests have been known to leave behind in hotel rooms. Amy Bradley-Hole rummages through the lost and found. (Amy Bradley-Hole)
Can you handle the truth?
Airline passengers frequently demand to know the reason for a flight delay, especially when it’s mechanical delay. With delays of all kinds mounting over the last two years, James Wysong has found himself wondering whether this is such a good idea. “But wait,” he said to himself. “Didn’t I once write a column about this?” Yes, you did, James. And here it is again for your readers’ consideration and enjoyment. (James Wysong)
Rolling on the river with the American Queen
The prospect of cruising up the Ohio River from Cincinnati to her hometown of Pittsburgh didn’t exactly thrill our cruise columnist, Anita Dunham-Potter. Sure, the paddle-wheeler was pretty cool, and the Americana was a draw, but Anita was pretty sure it would be a dull voyage. Boy, was she wrong. (Anita Dunham-Potter)
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This week in travel
Video shows woman’s scuffle with police, arrest before airport death
Police have released a video showing officers arresting a 45-year-old New York woman at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport just before she died while handcuffed in a holding cell.
Nearly 30 percent of flights delayed in August
The nation’s 20 largest carriers reported an on-time arrival rate of 71.7 percent in August, down from 75.8 percent a year ago, the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics said Wednesday. The on-time rate was 69.8 percent in July and 68.1 percent in June.
Federal workers wasted millions in travel abuse
Federal employees wasted at least $146 million over a one-year period on business- and first-class airline tickets, in some cases simply because they felt entitled to the perk, congressional investigators say.
Airline passenger traffic rose in August
Passenger traffic on international airlines grew in August at its fastest clip since April 2006, a trade group said Monday.
Woman arrested at airport later found dead
A traveler who may have accidentally choked herself to death while handcuffed in an airport holding cell was a “wonderful” woman and mother, according to New York City’s public advocate, who is her relative.
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