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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Will you be opting out this weekend?

Website Infowars.com has declared this Thanksgiving week as “Out Opt and Film Week,” similar to an opt-out protest held two years ago around TSA check-points at U.S. airports. To be honest, I hadn’t heard about this protest until I read about from Christopher Elliott’s post at Huffington Post. I know why people want to opt …

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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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Product Review: Inflatable Footrest

Tall people often feel very cramped in coach seats on the airplane because they don’t have enough leg room. Short folks like me, on the other hand, have a different problem altogether: Our feet don’t really touch the floor, making long flights especially uncomfortable. It’s hard to recline comfortably when your feet are dangling, and …

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Travelite classic tips: Clothing for women

[Travelite classic tips are updates to my published articles available at the archive pages.] Clothing Clothing is probably the toughest for anyone who wants to learn how to travelite. The two biggest tips to packing the right clothings, is to color coordinate, and to layer for a versatile look. Coordinating Colors Remember the old “Garanimals” …

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November 24 is National Opt-Out Day

Are you uncomfortable with the thought of having a “naked picture” of yourself visible to airport security? Are you worried about the radiation exposure you get from the full-body scans, like a lot of airline pilots are? Do you think a full-body scan using advanced imaging technology is breaching your privacy? Do you think that …

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Traveling with your cosmetics

Cosmetics consumer advocate Paula Begoun (who has authored a number of books on practical cosmetic tips and sells her own line of skin care and cosmetics), recently discussed the topic of how to pack your cosmetics for travel in her syndicated radio show. You can listen to an archive of her show here. Paula explained …

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