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Southwest Airlines is joining the rest of the airline industry and charging checked bag fees. No more “bags fly free” – it’s signature advertising phrase – after May 28, 2025, except for top tier frequent flyers.
Frontier Airlines if offering another unlimited flight pass, for Spring, Summer and Fall travel, for domestic and international travel on Frontier flights. The $399 pass does not include pay taxes, fees, and other add-ons like checked luggage, and is available only for a limited time, while supplies last. It’s called the Go Wild! All You
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There’s always more happening than we can report here on ecoXplorer. So here’s what we’ve been reading about travel, automotive, food, fraud and the environment that you might have missed, along with news about my hometown New York City – from publications you might not follow, but we do. We link only to intel that’s
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Get ready for crowded roads, airports and cruise ship terminals for the Christmas-Hannukah-Kwanzaa-New Year’s holidays – as many as 3 million more than last year’s holiday season. AAA projects a record 119.3 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home between Sat., December 21 and Wed., January 1. This year’s domestic travel projection is a bit more than the previous record set in 2019.
From December 7 through December 13, 2024, kids will get up to seven free lift tickets at 15 of Alterra Mountain Company’s North American mountain destinations to use during the new Kids Ski Free Week.
Domestic biggies American, Delta and United and budget airlines Spirit and Frontier have been pocketing billions of dollars in so-called “junk fees” by charging extra for customers extra to select a seat or to carry on bags, according to a just-published Senate subcommittee report.
AAA projects nearly 80 million of us will be on the road, in the air and on the seas. That’s an increase of 1.7 million people compared to last year and exceeds pre-Pandemic levels. So be prepared for traffic jams and long check-in lines at airport and cruise ship terminals.
New Federal rules now in effect require airlines to pay you back automatically and immediately within seven business days, with a full refund to whatever method you used to pay – cash, credit card or frequent flyer miles. No more haggling. No more vouchers.
JetBlue is dropping dozens of US routes and to popular international destinations, adding more upscale Mint Blue seats and offering new perks on Basic Blue budget seats. It’s all very confusing, and an effort to boost the bottom line. Flight Routes Being Dropped The airport losing the most flights is Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA),
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Budget airline Norse Atlantic Airways has launched another airfare sale, with one-way fares between US and Europe as low as $135, including such popular getaways as London, Paris, Rome, Berlin and Oslo. And there also are new, relaxed rules for carry-ons. Usually, such bargain fares are to promote new routes. This one is to promote
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