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2 months ago | 
frommers.com | William McGee |William Mcgee |Zac Thompson |Pauline Frommer |Jason Cochran
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
frommers.com | William McGee |William Mcgee
When Donald Trump nominated Sean Duffy for Secretary of Transportation last month, Airlines for America—lobbyists for the largest carriers—said it was “thrilled.” Not surprising, since Duffy has lobbied on behalf of the airline industry. And he’s stated on Fox News that the free market must fix the airlines, not the DOT.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | William McGee |William Mcgee
According to AAA, this week will mark the busiest Thanksgiving for air travel in history, with more than 5.8 million passengers flying domestically. Only a small percentage of them are booked on Spirit, the troubled airline that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. Yet millions of others — make that almost all of us — benefit from Spirit’s presence and should give thanks for its existence.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
frommers.com | William McGee |William Mcgee |Pauline Frommer
It’s that time of year when you’re likely to be booking holiday travel, and undoubtedly you’ve logged onto travel sites to seek the best deals in flights, hotels, resorts, car rentals, and cruises. It’s also a good time to consider using a travel advisor to help you do that. That’s right. You may think you know all there is to know about travel, but that’s akin to thinking someone who can sing in the shower is ready for a recording contract.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
frommers.com | William McGee |William Mcgee
What went wrong with airline frequent flyer programs? Dissatisfaction with loyalty programs has reached a fever pitch. It has become crystal clear that for many airlines, the loyalty has only been flowing from customers, not to them. This realization has even spurred unprecedented action in Washington—perhaps because lawmakers are often frequent flyers, too. Earning miles has never been easier, while burning miles has never been harder.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | William McGee |William Mcgee
TV 1 hour ago 'Daily Show' has a blunt response to Trump's attempt to win over women voters Mashable - Sam Haysom • 1h "Er I'm actually meeting someone here, I have a boyfriend! Thank you so much though!" Trump is polling terribly among female voters, so at his latest rally in Pennsylvania, he attempted to turn the tide with a speech saying women are "more stressed, and depressed, and unhappy" than they were when he … Technology 1 hour ago Radian Aerospace completes ground tests of prototype...
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
frommers.com | William McGee |William Mcgee
What went wrong with airline frequent flyer programs? Dissatisfaction with loyalty programs has reached a fever pitch. It has become crystal clear that for many airlines, the loyalty has only been flowing from customers, not to them. This realization has even spurred unprecedented action in Washington—perhaps because lawmakers are often frequent flyers, too. Earning miles has never been easier, while burning miles has never been harder.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
frommers.com | William McGee |William Mcgee
I have spent 39 years working in the travel industry, writing about travel, and advocating for travelers, but just like everyone, I still get caught off guard by consumer gotchas. No matter how much I know about travel, there are always new hurdles to overcome. I made a new discovery on a road trip vacation last week after I thought I had properly purchased car rental insurance protection. The coverage I booked through Expedia turned out not to work for the rental car company I chose.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
news.com.au | William McGee |William Mcgee
A British tourist has been caught carving his daughters’ initials into an Ancient Roman house in Pompeii. The 37-year-old Englishman, who has not been named, allegedly used a sharp object to make five indentations in the House of the Vestals. It is described as one of the most sophisticated and impressive houses in Pompeii at the time of Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 AD. Security staff at the archaeological park noticed him fiddling with a frescoed wall at the house entrance.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
frommers.com | William McGee |William Mcgee
About ten years ago, airline greed reached a new low when every carrier in the nation refused to waive seating fees for families with young children to sit together inflight. I was at the center of the fight against it for a decade. At times, it seemed common sense and common decency would never win. But thankfully, the worst junk fee of all will soon be eliminated.
