The news isn’t particularly relevant for people who can travel without checking any bags, but Delta has just announced that those purchasing coach tickets for domestic flights on or after July 31 or traveling on or after August 5 (so buying your tickets a year in advance won’t help here) will have their fees doubled …
Continue reading ‘Delta announces doubling of fees for second checked bag’ »
I was going through my morning e-mail and noticed a summer luggage sale announcement from an online bag seller. The e-mail’s subject title said something like, “Save Big for Summer Travel,” enticing me to see what sort of wonderful bargains I could find. The e-mail listed the seller’s top recommendations for bags for summer travel. …
Continue reading ‘Rolling Uprights: Behemoth SUVs of 2008’ »
A few years ago, I flew coach on United from San Francisco to Singapore. The flight is over 8,000 miles one way and takes over 18 hours (I had a stopover in Hong Kong). It had been a long time since I flew such a long flight in coach, and it was one of the …
A little piece of news snuck through last Friday: Beginning this October, United Airlines is imposing minimum stays for its economy class round-trip tickets. How long you have to stay depends on the price of your ticket and where you go, but this is yet another way a major carrier is trying to find ways …
Continue reading ‘Time for United passengers to pack an overnight bag’ »
A quick note: Earlier today, I sent an e-mail about reactivating this site to the 1000+ readers who’d subscribed to my Yahoo Groups announcement list over the years. I was kind of steeling myself for a bunch of unsubscription requests and negative feedback, but I was pleasantly surprised to receive a number of messages thanking …
Reading today’s blog entry from travel consumer writer Chris Elliott (“The coming dehydration crisis for airline passengers”), I was disconcerted to learn that the new policy US Airways is implementing for charging passengers for soft drinks includes charging them for bottled water (read the press release from the airline). I don’t know about you, but …