Do ancillary fees open airlines to small claims courts?

For decades, airline passengers have been effectively excluded from dealing with airline service problems through the court system. Due to federal preemption, the small claims and state courts are closed for any redress. And the federal courts have held that anything...

Weekend survey: Do you believe online hotel reviews?

When it comes to online hotel reviews, do you believe everything you read? I’m asking for two reasons. TripAdvisor, which dominates hotel reviews, just announced it has started offering a way to review airlines. (That ought to be interesting.) Also, I’m...