Air Travel Tips
PENNINGTON, N.J. - According to a recent report, U.S.
DELSEY brings international style
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Holiday Travel
DALLAS - December is the busiest travel month of the year with hotel bookings reaching the highest numbers annually.
Squeezing in more seats and bags
American Airlines is stripping the interiors of its older Boeing 737s to increase the amount of overhead luggage space, squeeze more seats in and add new TVs.
Spirit (of Greed) Airlines Baggage Fees
By John Kelso
Most people are on Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza's case for telling Congress the other day that bringing luggage is "not essential" to airline travel.
Airline Baggage Fees
By Caroline Costello
In the first quarter of 2010, the U.S. airline industry made more than $760 million in revenue from baggage fees, an increase of 33 percent over the same period last year.
Journey your bag takes once it leaves the check-in counter
By Jami Makan
1. “Don’t pack light—we need the money.”
Flight Attendants Say Carry Ons Are Out Of Control
By eTN Staff Writer
It appears that Spirit Airlines' latest fee levy for carry-on luggage was the straw that broke the camel's back. Passengers have simply had enough of the never-ending deluge of airline fees.
ABC Corporate Services Signs Agreement With Luggage Club
By eTN Staff Writer
The solution to the airlines’ harrying, confusing, ever-changing, and always increasing luggage fees, as well as long airport check-in lines, may just be to have your luggage shipped to your ...
Restrictions For US-bound Travelers Eased
By eTN Staff Writer
Because of the failed Christmas Day bomb attempt on board a plane bound for Detroit from Amsterdam, security measures in Canada were tightened.
Up to $45 For Carryons
By Joshua Freed
It had to happen, we guess. Spirit Airlines is going to charge to use their overhead bins - as much as US$45 each way for a carry-on bag.
United Airlines
By eTN Staff Writer
United Airlines has announced a promotion whereby it will ship passengers' bags overnight to their destination at a cost lower than it would be to check the bags onto the plane.
Delta Air Lines
Michael Jobin and a group of friends had just returned from a great vacation on a Caribbean cruise when they arrived at baggage claim in Denver to a highly unusual, and unpleasant surprise.
Luggage Increase
By eTN Staff Writer
Virgin America increased its baggage fees for all bookings made on or after February 12, 2010, for travel on or after March 1, 2010.
Airline Luggage Fees
By George Hobica
Now that the airlines have raised, yet again, their fees for checked bags, it’s time to take another look at the alternative: shipping your bags, or better yet (if you’re staying in one place ...
Southwest Airlines
By RICHARD NEWMAN
One way Southwest Airlines differentiates itself is by charging much less for handling passengers' bags.
Dallas-based Southwest allows passengers to check in up to two bags for free.
Airport Luggage Theft
By Carole Rosenblat
Earlier this week an alert Phoenix police officer broke-up a luggage theft ring that had been going on for months and, perhaps, a year or more.
Effective August 14, 2009
By eTN Staff Writer
American Airlines announced today that charges for checking a first or second bag will increase for domestic-travel tickets that are purchased on or after August 14, 2009.
United Airlines
Halifax band Sons of Maxwell have taken their battle with United Airlines over a broken guitar to YouTube.
And it seems the U.S. airline is listening.
Passengers Refuse To Board The Plane
PALMA, Spain - Tourists refused to board a plane on Spain's Majorca island after being told to sit in the back "to help balance the jet," The Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Lost Luggage
By eTN Staff Writer
In August 2008, Lily Alejandria, a working mother with two children in Folsom, California, organized a dream vacation - a European cruise - for her husband and a few close friends.
Spirit Airlines
By mysuncoast.com
SARASOTA - Volunteers with a Sarasota-based medical mission are planning a trip to the Amazon next month. They want to take medical and construction supplies to help children and people with ...
US Air
By bizjournals.com
US Airways says it will charge passengers an extra $5 per bag to check luggage at the airport rather than online.
International Airline Carriers On Notice
By eTN Staff Writer
British Airways passengers attempting to hold the airline accountable for losing an estimated one million pieces of luggage received some good news today when a District Court judge ruled a ...
Airport Thefts
By abcnews.go.com
Though airline ticket prices are dropping, passengers may be paying in other ways.
US Airways
By AP
CINCINNATI — A Yale University student from Ohio has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million from US Airways for a video game console he says was taken from his luggage.
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US Airlines Losing Less Luggage
By chicagotribune.com
Airlines lost 1.3 million fewer bags in 2008, as more passengers wheeled, dragged and toted their luggage aboard planes to avoid paying new fees to check bags, federal data show.
Continental Airlines
By news.yahoo.com
CHICAGO - Continental Airlines on Thursday said it expects to see $100 million in revenue and cost savings related to a new $15 dollar bag-check fee.
Baggage fees
By thestreet.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Large airlines are reporting millions of dollars of new revenue from recently introduced bag-checking fees, but whether the practice can continue remains an open question.
Baggage And Ticketing Fees
By eTN
HONOLULU, HI (July 30, 2008) - In response to the unprecedented economic challenges facing the airline industry, Hawaiian Airlines has announced that it is matching certain fees that its major ...
