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Budget carrier Frontier Airlines is offering free flights for a year for an entire family and 100 other prizes in a special sweepstakes. It’s free to enter, and part of the airline’s effort to rebrand after negative news reports, including as the worst US airline, with Spirit not far behind. The “Family Summer Getaway” sweepstakes
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Smile, you’re on camera. Starting October 6, 2024, the airports in the EU will track non-EU nationals using advanced biometrics for arrivals and departures. The new Entry and Exit System (EES) designed to monitor non-EU citizens who need a visa for brief visits. This initiative affects individuals from the USA, Canada, the UK and other
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Thank you for your service. These discounts are available year-round to active and retired military and family members, reservists and Gold Star families, and first responders without a military background. Military discounts include restaurants, clothing, travel, entertainment, cars and trucks, technology and even engagement rings. These deals are 365 days a year, not just during
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Copenhagen Airport is testing green energy storage with the installation of a large battery to capture wind, solar energy, making it one of the first airports in the world to take this step towards sustainability. It’s a test project to demonstrate how airports of the future can manage and store renewable energy to achieve net-zero emissions requirements.
Avianca Airlines has launched an airfare sale between the US and destinations in the Caribbean, Central America and South America, with fares as low as $53 each way.With a deal this good, you know there are restrictions. So here they are -This Red Sale is for tickets purchased between April 9 and 14, for flights
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It’s a long flight, and you can’t sleep well on a plane, especially in cramped economy seats, and you need to keep the kids quiet, too. That means in-flight entertainment – movies, music and games – on a system easy to use. While you wouldn’t choose an airline solely on the basis of what the
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Usually, travel news is about higher prices, including checked baggage fees. So we are happy to report that a major airport shuttle service is lowering its prices to and from some of the most popular destinations in the USA and beyond. Just in time for spring break, GO Airport Shuttle is reducing shared shuttle rates between
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Delta Airlines is increasing the fee for the first checked bag on domestic flights by $5, to cost $35 instead of $30, joining American Airlines and United Airlines, which both declared similar hikes a few weeks ago. Checking a second bag also goes up $5, from $40 to $45. The higher fees by the three biggest
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American Airlines is raising the price of its checked baggage fees effective Feb. 20, along with other baggage policy changes and limits on earning miles. Let’s hope this price increase and frequent flyer change by one of the top three US-flag carriers does not start a stampede by everybody to charge us more to check
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United is adding more than 100 new flights to popular destinations in the U.S. and Canada for the upcoming summer season. Expanded flights include some of the most scenic spots in North America. That includes Anchorage and Fairbanks in Alaska, Jackson Hole and Bozeman, the northern and southern access points for Yellowstone National Park, plus
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