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If you pay for extra-legroom seats, what do you get? It depends on the airline.

If you pay for extra-legroom seats, what do you get? It depends on the airline.

by Charlie Leocha | Mar 20, 2025

When passengers pay for an upgrade to extra legroom seats, what do they get? The airlines are taking full advantage of the confusing definitions of extra legroom. Each airline sets its own definitions. They are all now carving up their planes into different sections....
Global entry — still a bargain and a game changer despite its higher fee

Global entry — still a bargain and a game changer despite its higher fee

by Ned S. Levi | Oct 14, 2024

Even at its new higher fee for its 5-year term, Global Entry is still a bargain and a game changer. It gives international travelers expedited entry into the US. Global Entry is a U.S. Trusted Traveler Program run by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency...
Global entry — still a bargain and a game changer despite its higher fee

For those struggling to find Global Entry interviews, use these tips

by Charlie Leocha | Jun 9, 2023

Here are tips to deal with the Global Entry interview delays. Many people who want Global Entry in the US have problems setting up their Global Entry interviews. TSA and the US Custome and Border Protection (CBP) folk who run the Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) will...

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Accomplishments

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.

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