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At this point no one who travels regularly is surprised to hear stories of overbooking, and passengers being bumped. Although in general, business and first class passengers have this problem much less frequently. As more than a few airline people have told me, “We really don’t like to upset the people paying top dollar for tickets.”
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For some passengers, the idea of being bumped is a nightmare. For others, when it means a free ticket or other compensation, it’s a dream.
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I hesitated before writing this post, since it was only an isolated incident, as far as I know. But it was nonetheless disturbing.
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Travel insurance just took a new turn. Cruise lines are now screening passengers to see if they are healthy enough to travel (i.e. do they have flu-like symptoms). In some cases, it’s no longer only up to the passenger to cancel their cruise.
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Last month, over 100 passengers were denied boarding a Carnival cruise ship to South America for not having Brazilian visas. Sadly, many watched their hard-earned vacation dollars sail off without them. Why and how did this happen? Read about a disturbing cruise travel trend that all boils down to inexperience and ignorance.
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Whose credit card did you use to buy that airline ticket? If you didn’t say “mine,” you might not be allowed to board.
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