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Aeromexico’s government has lifted a ban on cell phone use during flights.

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After examining the airlines’ and airports’ adoption of new technologies, Ned has some suggestions for improvements which would help passengers, reduce lost luggage, and the increase the bottom line.

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If you dent a rented car you might get a small bill for the repair, but a big bill for the rental car company’s “loss of use” of their car. Ned discusses strategies to minimize your rental car insurance cost, and prevent unjust claims.

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Mobile ticketing, where travelers receive a special bar code on their cell phones that acts as a boarding pass, is taking off at airports in Europe and the United States.

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Last month Continental, Delta, Northwest and Alaska started a pilot program in several airports throughout the United States, which allowed passengers to receive paperless boarding passes on their cell phones or PDAs. Now American Airlines joins the testing.

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It seems that the testing phase is ending for paperless airline boarding passes. TSA who has been testing this technology since spring. Now the test has been expanded to 10 airports across the country.

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The State Department has issued a strongly-worded Travel Alert for US citizens traveling and living in Mexico. Bottom line: next time you go south of the border, you have to be street smart.

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This week, American Airlines announced its decision to filter out inflight pornographic Internet content. But if you’re flying on American’s flight 1960, or others like it, the restriction could be meaningless.

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Dropped calls and poor reception are frustrating frequent travelers who upgraded to Apple’s new iPhone 3G. But a fix is just a download away. Maybe.

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For vacationing families visiting Disneyland and other California theme parks, tickets are expensive enough. But as of July 1, there’s an additional ticket you don’t want to get, one that could cost $100 and up for driving while talking on a hand-held cell phone.

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