Frontier Airlines to Also Begin Charging for Carry-On Bag

About a year ago, light-packing travelers drew a collective gasp when Spirit Airlines announced that it would start charging $20 for carry-on bags. There was a catch. That $20 was the pay-in-advance fee; you would be charged more if you showed up at the check-in counter. This fee would increase if you managed to sneak …

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Wall Street Journal Recommends Packing Light to Deal With Delayed Flights

The Wall Street Journal has just published an article called “Sly Ways to Beat Delayed Flights” to deal with flight delays and cancellations, particularly in light of all of the issues American Airlines is currently facing. In the article, they include an infographic that recommends: Getting to the airline counter as fast as possible to …

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Spirit Airlines gets bagged

It wasn’t but a couple of months ago that Spirit Airlines caused travelers to gasp in horror when it introduced a new $45 bag fee–for carry-on luggage. Their logic was that the aisles would be less crowded during boarding, and there would be a lot of room in the overhead bin. Personally, I thought it …

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Post-December 25 air travel

Stuff is flying (and I don’t mean airplanes) since the foiled bomb attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Northwest Airlines flight 253, specifically on how the government and airlines are reacting. The Transportation Security Administration under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security umbrella issued Security Directive SD 1544-09-06, which it sent to all airlines and …

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How to get through airport security smoothly

Maybe you do most of your travels by car, or you’ve just never had the chance to fly before. As much as I’ve flown, I still get little baby butterflies (hmm… caterpillars?) in my stomach right as we take off. I know it’s all physics and engineering, and that it’s safer to fly than it …

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United Airlines offers upgrades with free luggage check-ins

Budget master Clark Howard posted the following at his Web site today: If you don’t fly often enough to earn elite status with an airline, a new offer from United Airlines might be just your ticket. When you purchase a ticket online at United (or at check-in and later this year at airport kiosks), you …

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Fee or free? Spreadsheet makes checking airline info a snap

When looking for airline tickets, do you think about all the hidden fees or whether you’re allowed to sneak your super-sized “carry-on” onto the plane? Travel clothing seller Travelsmith has published a very handy spreadsheet online called “Carry-On/Check-In Luggage Guidelines.” You can get it in PDF form, which means you can easily view it on …

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Time for United passengers to pack an overnight bag

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 …

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