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Bumping Rates Rise: Know Your Rights
Getting bumped from a flight is rare enough that air travel analyst Rick Seaney was once moved to compare it to the odds of dating a supermodel (1 in 178,000 although your chances improve significantly, noted Seaney, “if you live in New York or Los Angeles, make a lot of money, and are very handsome”). … Read Bumping Rates Rise: Know Your Rights
Posted In: Airline News, Multimedia, PodcastsAirfare Prices Down 16% from Fares in 2000 – Maybe
Think you’re paying more for airfare these days? Think again – maybe. According to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the real price of average domestic airline tickets actually dropped more than 16% in the last dozen years, when the figures are adjusted for inflation (see your city’s fares, below). But one air travel analyst … Read Airfare Prices Down 16% from Fares in 2000 – Maybe
Posted In: Airfare Analysis, Multimedia, PodcastsSummer Vacation Flight Guide
Most airlines are just beginning to stick their toes into the summer travel season, as seen in the latest airfare sales which now cover dates extending into late June. Let us show you where the deals are – and what you should pay. Listen as air travel expert Rick Seaney offers more tips and tricks … Read Summer Vacation Flight Guide
Posted In: Airfare Analysis, Holiday/Seasonal, Multimedia, PodcastsAirlines Come Out Swinging Against FAA Furlough Delays
Since the mandated air traffic controller furloughs were implemented beginning this past weekend, there have been some flight delays but the situation has not reached the truly awful stage some anticipated – at least not yet (see a list of airlines linked to ‘travel advisories’ below). Listen to air travel expert Rick Seaney, who is … Read Airlines Come Out Swinging Against FAA Furlough Delays
Posted In: Airline News, Airlines (by name), Multimedia, PodcastsTSA Delays New Knives-on-Planes Policy
Starting Thursday (April 25), the TSA was to have dropped its ban on small knives on planes – not switchblades or butcher knives, but what are commonly referred to as pocket or pen knives. The test for such knives: no lock-in-place blades and blades no longer than about 2-and-a-half inches. Now the security agency says, … Read TSA Delays New Knives-on-Planes Policy
Posted In: Airport Security, Multimedia, Podcasts