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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | William McGee |William Mcgee
4 hours agoAn American Airlines flight had a bumpy landing at Heathrow and it was caught on camera. Storm Gerrit caused havoc in Great Britain with damage to homes and trees. However, it didn’t stop this plan from landing in the midst of the bad weather. Buzz60’s Keri Lumm has more.
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1 week ago | 
frommers.com | William McGee |William Mcgee
Even people who live nowhere near New Jersey have been shaken by reports of chronic flight delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) due to ATC. There's been a perfect storm of events making a bad situation worse. EWR has become Exhibit A for the justifiable fears that air travelers have over the state of the nation's air traffic control (ATC). Some experts are expressing fears about the system's stability.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
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.
