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It's going to cost you more to fly home for the holidays
It's going to cost you even more to fly home for Thanksgiving, if you haven't booked your flight yet. Popular travel website Travelocity said the average roundtrip flight will cost almost $400. That is up almost 9 percent from the same period last year....
Tags: Holidays, Holiday Vacations, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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If you're flying, go soon
If you can speed up your holiday travel plans, the folks at hipmunk.com suggest it. The online flight search engine says it has crunched more than a million holiday flight options from the nation's 55 busiest airports and found that the best weekends...Tags: Holidays, Holiday Vacations, Travel, O'Hare International Airport, Trips and Vacations
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A chaotic computer switch in United-Continental merger
At United Airlines, they called it the "cutover." It was the final and most difficult piece of the puzzle in the merger with Continental Airlines, and it involved combining two complex passenger reservations systems.
But some United passengers referred...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Air Transportation, American Airlines, Inc., U.S. Airways, Travel
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Code-sharing confusion grounds my vacation
Jay Middour's flight to the Bahamas never happens because of a code-sharing disaster. His vacation is ruined and the airline still has his money. Can this trip be saved?
Q: We booked a ticket from Washington to the Bahamas recently through Expedia. It...Tags: Air Transportation, Health, U.S. Airways, Travel, Human Body
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Waited a year for a ticket refund
Greg Melgares is a patient guy. But even his patience has limits. The refund from Southwest Airlines he's been promised for a year still hasn't arrived. Will the airline ever pay him?
Q: We have been trying to get a refund from Southwest Airlines for...Tags: Travel, Southwest Airlines Co., Chris Elliott, Trips and Vacations, Air Transportation Industry
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Bill aims to scuttle new airfare pricing rule
Enjoy the government's new airfare rule. It might not last.
On Jan. 26, the U.S. Department of Transportation began requiring airlines and ticket agents to quote fares that include all mandatory taxes and fees. Since 1988, they'd been allowed to...Tags: Air Transportation, Travel, Southwest Airlines Co., Consumers, Trips and Vacations
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From Iraq to the Happiest Place on Earth
The fireworks at Disneyland had ended. It was past closing time and the crowds were pouring out the gates, but we lingered.
Layla Alshawi, the 63-year-old mother of our friends, didn't want to leave. She hugged a light pole, joking that we would have...Tags: Disneyland Park, Amusement and Theme Parks, Sleeping Beauty (movie), Human Interest, U.S. Military
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A holiday surprise from the travel industry
Sometimes when you travel, it's the little gestures of compassion that make the biggest difference -- especially during the holidays.
For Becky Brand, it was the bus driver on Washington's L2 line who went out of his way to help her during Thanksgiving...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Transportation Security Administration, Travel, Consumers, Thanksgiving
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Delta won't redeem gift certificates online
If you received the gift of travel for Christmas in the form of an airline gift certificate, be aware that policies at some airlines may make them inconvenient to use or water down the value of that gift by subjecting you to fees.
Some airlines won't let...Tags: Air Transportation, American Airlines, Inc., Facebook, Travel, Southwest Airlines Co.
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XL passengers invade my economy-class seat -- and airlines let them
When Elisabeth Haas took her window seat on an American Airlines flight from Orlando to Dallas earlier this year, she discovered a problem -- a very big problem.
"A morbidly obese seatmate encroached into my personal space," she says. "He required a...Tags: Air Transportation, Health, American Airlines, Inc., Travel, Southwest Airlines Co.
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Right bag, wrong person
Special to The TimesWHEN checked luggage doesn't show up as promised, passengers usually duke it out with the airlines. But Fullerton resident Robert Nixon recently found himself battling over bag custody with a new adversary — a fellow flier who was holding his...Tags: Air Transportation, John F. Kennedy, American Airlines, Inc., Travel, Transportation
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Boonsboro band performs well
The Boonsboro High School Marching Band had a good showing at this past weekend’s Atlantic Coast Championships as a bronze medal finalist. Senior Drum Major Kacey Clark was named Best Drum Major for the second year in a row, and received a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Holiday Vacations, Wii, Awards and Prizes, Travel
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