Can “nightmare ending” to a Continental ticket purchase be fixed?

When Dimple Kelley used a service called Bill Me Later to book a Continental Airlines ticket for her son, Brian, she never imagined she’d be fighting with the payment company’s collection department half a year later. But then, no one can see a nightmare ending like this coming until it’s too late.

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British Airways strike – is the worst yet to come?

As a British Airways strike appears increasingly likely to happen this weekend, an old axiom comes to mind “It could always be worse.” Travelers who have already scrambled to reschedule canceled flights might doubt that. Alas, it can get worse, and is likely, to get much worse.

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Late check-out — corpse “sleeps in” for two months

Many of us have reported staying in rooms with bugs, nasty tubs, and lousy views, but at least five people can claim they got a room with a corpse.

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Do airline customers have a right to know taxes and fees before buying their ticket?

After a long day of negotiations between Senate aides and committee staffers over wording regarding when passengers will get to know what taxes and fees will be added to their airfares, there was no final agreement. That means the Menendez amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill will come up for a vote sometime today, and the fate of how we purchase airline tickets and view airfares will hang in balance.

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What we’re reading: Sun Country plans London flights, Air Berlin cancels 787 order, airlines seek JFK exemption

Sun Country is looking at flights between Minneapolis and Stansted Airport in London, Air Berlin cancels a portion of their Boeing 787 orders, airlines look for tarmac-delay exemptions at JFK rather than cut schedules

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A picture is worth a thousand words — if you’re renting a car, make that $1,444.61

What happens when you get a damage claim from the rental car company a year after the rental? Can you fight it? Do you have a prayer?

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Does size really matter? Is the Oasis TBTS (Too Big To Sail)?

Laura asks whether the Oasis of the Seas is too big? Is it an island or a cruise ship? Do more options and passengers actually make the cruise experiences better? Or just different.

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Clear Airfare amendment can use help now, call your Senator

As with everything in Washington DC, there is time to push hard and a time to wait. The Consumer Travel Alliance is in the push-hard part of an effort to force the airlines to tell travelers all of their fees upfront in the ticketing process.

The Menendez amendment to the FAA Reauthorization Act, being debated today, will mandate that airlines and travel agents disclose the full price of a ticket, including taxes and fees, right up front.

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BA strike — the good, the bad and the ugly news

Holiday travelers dodged a bullet when a judge issued an injunction against a proposed British Airways strike last December. Unfortunately that bullet was reloaded and has come back with the British Airways cabin crew union (Unite), calling a strike again, this time in two parts, March 20-22 and March 27-31.

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What we’re reading: FAA wants 777 software upgrade, BA strike schedule, body scanner complaints

FAA says 777 must get new software, BA sets strike schedule, US travelers complain about body scanners

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