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Avelo Airlines is launching seven new routes with one-way fares as low as $39. The low-cost airline also adds Chicago O’Hare to its growing East Coast network serving mostly smaller cities often under-served or ignored entirely by “big three” Delta, United and American.
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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Simply, some airlines are better than others for reliability, comfort and customer service, availability of lounges, how easy it is to book, change or cancel a flight, even how friendly it is to family seating and pets. If you are traveling soon, these are the top ten US airlines, for all those reasons, and more.
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Delta is rated the best US airline for the fifth year in a row, and United is number two. JetBlue, Spirit, Allegiant and Frontier are the worst. After Delta and United, rounding out the top five are Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest airlines, in that order. That’s according to the annual Best Airlines Report,
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If you want to get away, most of the Caribbean is open again for tourism, and US-based airlines including American, Delta,Jet Blue and United resuming service to several island destinations. Be aware of new travel rules. Most Caribbean destinations are requiring visitors to fill out a pre-arrival Travel Form and show proof of a negative
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Delta is suspending service to eleven airports in the United States and one in Canada starting in late June. The airports all are in what’s called “secondary” cities, which means smaller airports within 90 minutes of larger ones. Delta says the decision is part of its attempt to help lower costs as it navigates the
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Delta is changing the boarding process to add more groups, not less, to better reward loyal customers, especially those who paid more for their ticket. Starting January 23, 2019, Delta is shifting from six boarding categories to eight. Your boarding class will be reflected by color codes during the booking process, on boarding passes, on
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Large corporations, and their employees, do a lot all year to support local and national charities. Let’s give them some credit during this holiday season — MGM Resorts — Employees of MGM Resorts International raised $4.6 million in 2011 to support more than 1,000 community-based nonprofit organizations that meet the needs of the communities in
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