After November 7, unvaccinated traveler requirements for COVID-19 testing will be more stringent to be allowed to re-enter the US. Most Americans have heard that the U.S. border will reopen to international travel beginning on November 8. Few Americans know that also...
Wearing effective face masks while in public, especially inside, reduces the transmission of COVID-19 from respiratory exhalation. There are two key methods of protecting ourselves and each other from becoming infected with COVID-19: vaccination and wearing face...
The U.S. needs a free, official, national digital COVID vaccine passports. The CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate is flimsy, perishable, and easily forged. States and cities are issuing their own vaccine passports, each with shortcomings. In the United States,...
As the pandemic subsides in the US, passenger safety problems rise with increased air rage. It seems as though we hear about another airline passenger going berserk every day. Air rage is increasing on flights across the globe. Last week, a woman on a Ryanair flight...
Some PCR COVID test effectiveness is compromised. The gold-standard PCR COVID test effectiveness may be foiled by the UK variant. New troubling reports are emerging about at least one of the most effective molecular COVID tests. These PCR tests are having problems...
Is the CDC right to recommend no non-essential travel to fully vaccinated people? Analyzing the data, I conclude with some others that their advice doesn’t meet a commonsense test. Travel for fully vaccinated people, with precautions, can take place. In the...
These accomplishments have been achieved by working closely with our members, national media, the travel industry, the Department of Transportation (DOT), Congress and many other agencies.
– Removal of restaurant fees from DC area eateries — this is an ongoing project
– Creation of DOT Dashboard to outline consumer rights after cancellation of a flight
– Bi-partisan bill to eliminate hotel resort fees introduced into House of Representatives
– Creation of the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections
– Advertised airfares now include airfare plus, mandatory taxes and fees
– Lost/damaged/delayed luggage compensation limit increased to $3,800
– Passengers have 24 hours to change or cancel their nonrefundable tickets without penalty
– Once an airfare is purchased, that airfare and ancillary fees cannot be increased
– Families flying together act passed by Congress that requires family members 13 years of age and younger to sit with other family members at no additional cost.
