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The meltdown of Southwest airlines is causing untold stress and grief, with tens of thousands of people stranded at airports far from home, lost luggage, missed family reunions and vacations – even a bride who missed her own wedding. Here’s what to do if your flight with any airline is cancelled or delayed by more
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JetBlue has upgraded its TrueBlue loyalty program with new perks and choices and faster rewards. The revamp maintains most of TrueBlue’s signature perks while also giving members new ways to earn perks and status. In addition to purchases on all JetBlue credit cards, the more ways you interact with JetBlue – from booking JetBlue Vacations
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Lost bags are a nightmare for airlines and for passengers. The latest high-tech way to prevent missing bags is a digital bag tag passengers can activate before reaching the airport. Alaska Airlines is the first U.S. airline to launch such an electronic bag tag program, which lets passengers tag their luggage on the airline’s mobile
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If you need to talk to a live Frontier Airlines customer service agent, you are out of luck. The troubled low-cost airline has shut down its customer service call center, which most major airlines still operate, including competitors Spirit and Allegiant. Instead, the only way to get help with rebooking a cancelled or missed flight,
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Good news for parents traveling with young kids – United is bringing back special kids’ in-flight’ meals. Bad news – Even though United is promoting it as “just in time for holiday travel”, the child-friendly menu option does not start serving until 2023, after the peak holiday travel season between Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Christmas and New
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Holiday travel is the the peak travel season of the year, and even though many of the cheap seats are already booked, there are still ways to find them. Here are five ways to save money on your airline tickets and stretch your travel dollar. Plan Twice, Book Once – Airlines now charge $150 or
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Low-fare airline Breeze Airways is offering a special $1 deal for a bundle of additional perks, including a first-class seat and a second checked bag. The promotion is called Nicest, and applies for tickets purchased now for travel between Sept. 7, 2022 through February 14, 2023. The Nicest bundle also includes priority boarding, 6 percent
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Cancelled and delayed flights, lost or delayed baggage, long lines at security check-in – it’s all been an unhappy part of post-Pandemic travel. Simply, some airports and airlines are better – or worse – than others. AirHelp, an air passenger rights group, has compiled date for the worst airports for cancelled flights and on-time performance
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Good news for passengers whose who have lost money from airline credits that expired – Southwest Airlines is dropping expiration dates on all tickets purchased on or after July 28, 2022. That means you no longer have to worry about using that money on another flight within six months or even a year after a
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We’re back to traveling again, and if your wanderlust includes international destinations which require a US passport, expect to wait up to three months for a new or renewed passport to the world. And as with groceries and gas for a road trip, it costs more to get a new or renewed passport in 2022
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