Credit card fees are coming to the major airlines — Lufthansa succombs in Europe. Can it happen here?
Fees to use credit cards in Europe for purchasing airfares are going up and spreading to mainstream airlines. Lufthansa was the latest to announce credit card fees, effective Nov. 1. They join other biggies, British Airlines and Virgin, on the credit-card-fee bandwagon.
Bill introduced to give furloughed FAA workers back pay
The federal workers who were laid off because of the political impasse between the House and Senate over the extension of the FAA bill will be getting back pay, eventually.
Bill introduced to give furloughed FAA workers back pay
The federal workers who were laid off because of the political impasse between the House and Senate over the extension of the FAA bill will be getting back pay, eventually.
Can the FAA reauthorization bill be passed in pieces — extension by extension?
Washington, DC, is a strange place, especially when politics get into play. I’m not sure why, but the FAA reauthorization bill has been held in political limbo since 2007 when it last expired. Even though every party involved seems to want to get this bill passed, it languishes and languishes and languishes.
Airlines after a $400-million tax feast, drop airfares
The airlines, after enjoying two-weeks of collecting what should have been tax revenues, have dropped airfares as the FAA began taxing flights again. To passengers, who may not have been paying attention, it looks like airfares stayed level over the past month. However, for airlines it was a $400 million bonanza.
Can the FAA reauthorization bill be passed in pieces — extension by extension?
The FAA reauthorization bill has been held in political limbo since 2007 when it last expired. Even though every party involved seems to want to get this bill passed, it languishes and languishes and languishes.
Airlines after a $400-million tax feast, drop airfares
The airlines, after enjoying two-weeks of collecting what should have been tax revenues, have dropped airfares as the FAA began taxing flights again. To passengers, who may not have been paying attention, it looks like airfares stayed level over the past month. However, for airlines it was a $400 million bonanza.
Are cruise lines getting paid for the same cabin twice?
Hotels and cruise lines often overbook. I’ve had more than one client “walked” at a hotel to an alternative property, or are flat out told they didn’t have a room.
GPS navigation and communication at risk in 2011 and 2012
Currently the Sun is in its peak years of its 11 year solar cycle, during which massive solar flares can shoot off the sun’s corona disrupting GPS navigation, civilization’s electric power grids, and world wide communication. Ned Levi examines this phenomenon and its potential affects on travel and travelers.
A tale of two Venices
I’ve been in Venice for about four days now, enough to feel like an entitled local. Already, I have begun to define “my Venice” from “tourist Venice.” That is, the beautiful, tranquil, Venice where one can hear the small wavelets lapping at the sides of gondolas and the crowded, tour group packed Venice where “Joanie, Hank, Honey, Walter, come look at this!” drowns out the other city noises.