by Janice Hough | Sep 25, 2015
“Interline agreement” is one of those jargon terms that might seem pretty meaningless to outsiders. So anyone reading that Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have ended their interline agreement might shrug and say, “so what?” Much of the time, interline agreements...
by Janice Hough | Sep 15, 2015
Thanks to technology, travel can be booked with a few quick swipes and clicks. For most people, it means the process is much faster. It also means more mistakes. Any reader of this site will no doubt be familiar with stories of a small error turning into a big...
by Janice Hough | Sep 8, 2015
How do you turn sour grapes into a rare and expensive vintage? Ask your favorite airline — for over a decade they’ve been fermenting profits, ever since the fuel surcharges were no longer needed to cover oil price spikes. These surcharges aren’t subject to corporate...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 7, 2015
Jon renewed his US passport about a decade ago and happily traveled with it across the globe. Last year, planning a great trip to France for the summer, six months away, he glanced at his passport to see it still had eleven months before it expired, so he put it away...
by Ned S. Levi | Aug 31, 2015
Last week, I wrote about air travelers preventing their checked luggage from being lost, missing, stolen or delayed. Unfortunately, while my suggestions can help, in the world of travel, nothing’s a sure thing. I’ve experienced delayed luggage myself, more...
by Janice Hough | Aug 25, 2015
Airlines love to tout the benefits of code-share flights. But the truth is, the only people they really benefit are the airlines themselves. For those who might find the jargon confusing, a code-share is simply a flight that shows it’s operated by one airline,...
