by Charlie Leocha | Feb 19, 2026
Airline sexual assaults have increased by 33 percent from the last study by the FBI! The Federal Bureau of Investigation study of sexual assaults on planes while toddlers are seated apart from their families. Meanwhile, the FBI has announced that sexual assaults are...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 18, 2026
200 million Americans don’t realize foreign transaction fees can apply without foreign travel US consumers waste millions of dollars each year paying foreign transaction fees on credit cards. In many cases, they don’t even know they’re paying these...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 11, 2026
What happens when travelers don’t follow the middle-name rule with international reservations? When making reservations for a trip to Europe, I had an opportunity to purchase a flash sale airfare for myself and a friend. The normal price of $1,000 was reduced to...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 5, 2026
The DOT complaint system — the first step in the DOT legal policy for those wronged by airlines During the COVID pandemic airlines garnered record numbers of complaints in the official Department of Transportation (DOT) airline complaint system. This is the first step...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 21, 2026
Aviation and environmental leaders work together to pass the Sustainable Skies Act. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, Airlines for America (A4A) CEO Nick Calio, and the Environmental Defense Fund’s senior vice president for climate Nathaniel Keohane, stood side by side...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 16, 2026
Passengers already pay airport taxes to support all airport operations – enough is enough! For years, Travelers United has stood firmly against increased taxation of airline passengers. Who are the real airport users? Airport executives and members of the committee...