This weekend, we have reports on what women want from hotels, reconfiguration of airline seats to make aisle seats wider and more valuable, and changes in cabin air pressure to make travel more comfortable.
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This weekend we deal with movie-set vacations and destinations (above) where travelers can stay where the stars stay and walk the walk of movies. Representative Issa reads Facebook complaints about TSA and Scott McCartney, from the Wall Street Journal, gives us tips for making travel easier.
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This week we learn about the renaming of the Czech Republic’s main airport for their ex-President Havel, United has problems crossing the Pacific and Canada has it’s share of security problems irritating the public.
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Spirit Airlines’ latest “Unintended Consequences Fee” that is being slapped on their flights because of new 24-hour grace period mandated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) is a great idea. Why didn’t they do it earlier? It shows how exorbitant current cancellation and change fees actually are.
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Favorite defunct airlines, 10 best travel apps, most romantic cities in Canada (unknown to many Americans)
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We’ve all seen that “great deal” airline ad, only to discover that with surcharges, taxes and fees, the great deal is not-so-great. Starting today, when airline consumers see an advertised price of $500 that will be the price they pay.
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Consumers are coming up to crunch time in the hard work that has gone towards mandating that airlines reveal fees to consumers. This has been a struggle that has been proceeding since spring of 2010. It has gone on through one completed rulemaking that will fully come into effect on January 24th and 26th. Then a new proposed rulemaking focused on price transparency is scheduled to follow in mid-2012.
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Since cats and dogs can’t fly, they are forced to share some of the space that we humans have when we want to fly and bring them along. Dogs and cats have their share of headaches, rules and regulations just like we do. Maybe more.
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Here are five predictions for the coming year. All in all, I think consumers are going to come out ahead in the coming year, airlines are going to find a road to profitability, TSA will streamline its inspection processes, airport restaurants and services will get better, communications about delays, cancellations and weather will make quantum leaps with new smartphone technology, and the overall world of airline travel will improve.
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