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Houston Hobby still needs some work before opening new Southwest...
Volunteer passengers use the automated passport kiosks during a simulated border patrol crossing at Houston Hobby’s new international terminal. Photo credit, Houston Airports System When Southwest...
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Here's how to get reimbursed for your damaged luggage on every U.S. airline
Photo: Dave Herholz, Flickr Airlines are losing less baggage than ever, and most bags do eventually turn up safe and sound, even if not quite when you expected them. Besides, there are plenty of ways...
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Southwest's new seats are "wider"— but is there a catch?
Screenshot: Southwest, YouTube Six months after announcing a new economy seat coming to future Southwest jets, the company unveiled the goods this week at its annual Media Day event. Southwest is eager...
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Airlines are finally ready to share fuel savings with customers
Photo: Håkan Dahlström/Flickr The past two years of significantly cheaper gas prices haven’t made much of a dent in the price of airfare, but that has all begun to change. The airlines are finally...
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Here's how to get free (or heavily discounted) airline tickets for a person...
Photo: Gramicidin on Flickr People can tell me as much as they want what a great experience it is travel alone. And I fully appreciate that it’s a great experience for them. But I’m of the unshakeable...
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Former sitcom star ready to defend woman allegedly choked during Southwest...
On Sunday night, a Southwest flight to San Francisco was forced to turn around and return to Los Angeles because of what was described as a “rapidly escalating situation” between two passengers. The...
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The ultimate guide to inflight Wi-Fi (and how much it's going to cost you on...
Photo: Virgin America JetBlue recently announced that its newly installed high-speed Wi-Fi would be available for free — becoming the first U.S. carrier to offer fleet-wide free Wi-Fi — and then it sat...
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These are the most exciting new airline routes that have launched or been...
Photo courtesy of Alaska Airlines Here’s a roundup of new and noteworthy routes that have launched service within the past month, some as recent as yesterday. Now it’s even easier and more enticing to...
View ArticleThese are the craft beers being offered this winter on 9 U.S. airlines
Airlines are making seats smaller and upping prices, but bless them — they do try to make up for it in other ways. Like craft beer, which should help leg cramps as you travel around this holiday...
View ArticleSouthwest, kind stranger ensured that grieving woman made it to her dying...
The day before Thanksgiving, Laura Genovich heard that her mother had suffered a stroke. Two days later, on November 27, a nurse at the hospital informed her just how severe the stroke was, and...
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These are the new plane features fliers can look forward to in 2016
Ryanir new interiors. Photo: Ryanair. Yes, the glory days of flying are long gone — but at least we’re slowly departing from rock bottom. Hey, even Ryanair has made serious strides when it comes to...
View ArticleGrateful mom thanks Southwest flight attendant for calming her infant son
There’s an old African proverb — and an old Hillary Clinton book — that says that it takes a village to raise a child. If you don’t have an entire village, though, a kind stranger on an airplane might...
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