Here are four luggage horror stories, and some tips on how to cope with them.
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Ned has reviewed the new TSA rules, put into effect after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to set off an explosive device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Ned has concluded the rules do little to improve aviation safety, while causing passengers at best serious inconvenience, and for many real hardship.
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For frequent travelers, Labor Day generally seems brings a little more sanity back to the flying experience. Families are largely gone, along with the teenagers flying on their own, and the once-or-twice-a-year vacation travelers. Actually, traveling with these “amateurs” does have its advantages. Seriously.
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Ryanair, the European budget carrier famous — or rather, infamous — for charging passengers for nearly everything, is at it again.
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Are we becoming a nation of travel whiners? Granted, generally speaking, airline service has gone to a warm place in a handbasket. And yes, airline fees and prices often have no rhyme or reason. On the other hand, we’re doing a lot more complaining.
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Prepare for the summer of the carry-on wars. It’s bad enough that many people’s idea of carry-on courtesy makes cell phone users look polite. But it’s about to get worse. A lot worse.
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Anyone with a lick of sense will tell you that once airlines charge for a second bag, more and more passengers will start carrying them on board, adding to the sea of already overcrowded storage space. But it doesn’t have to be that way. James Wysong explains.
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