Tag: airline stories
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AFAR: 5 Ways to Handle Overbooked, Canceled or Delayed Flights
Our wintry weather has caused so many problems with airline flights this week. These delays, cancellations, and seat bumps due to overbooking can often create a sense of helplessness. With that in mind, AFAR has offered some tips on how to better control our travel experience when things go wrong: 1. Go rogue when asking for…
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Airfare Watchdog: Your Air-Passenger Rights
If you’ve traveled enough, you’ve probably encountered more than a few airline difficulties. I’ve had my share including a flight delay or cancellation because of the plane’s mechanical problems. However, my most “memorable” problem was when my luggage was taken off the plane and dumped on the tarmac at the airport just before take-off. While I was on…
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How to get a refund on a non-refundable flight
Like most of us, cost is a major factor in considering whether I take a certain flight. One problem with the airline super fares,though, is that they can be nonrefundable. Smarter Travel says that there are some loopholes or workarounds with these types of fares. This is what they say: If you are booking an airfare in…
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Airlines Investigated by the Feds for Collusion. What do You Think?
Christopher Drew of the New York Times reports that Federal prosecutors are investigating possible collusion among major airlines to limit seating on flight routes. By making it harder for passengers to find seats, airlines could restrain competition and increase fares. Drew notes that now, roughly 80 percent of the nation’s air traffic is concentrated among four airlines — American,…
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10 U.S. Airports with Worst Summer Delays
My husband, Robert, and I just came back from a great trip to Ireland.Our nonstop Aer Lingus flight from JFK to Dublin helped by eliminating the worry of making a connection. If our night time trip had been a little delayed, it wouldn’t have really affected our plans that much. As it turned out, we got off easy this time and actually arrived early. I didn’t realize…
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Travel Health: Combating Dehydration on a Plane
Because travel on planes can be very dehydrating, many travel experts advise us to drink plenty of water. Good advice but there’s one big problem: What goes into your body must eventually come out. And, unless you’re flying on a private jet or at least one of the few traveling in First Class, that wait…
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Travel Stress-What Causes Yours?
What stresses you out the most while traveling? For me its the flight connection which, with exception of a handful of destinations, is almost inevitable if you’re traveling via Albany International Airport. I try to relieve that problem by scheduling reasonable connection times (about 90 minutes). Even though it can be a pain, I also…
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Norwegian to Change its Cockpit Procedures so That Two Crew Members Always are Present in the Cockpit
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (Norwegian), said to be the second largest airline in Scandinavia and third largest low cost carrier in Europe, reports that it has been looking into changing its cockpit procedures for a while. However, in light of the tragic Germanwings accident,they say that they will be speeding up the process so that two crew…
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Do You Book Online or Book Direct?
How do you like to book a vacation? Through an online travel agent or directly with the airline and/ or hotel? Check out Stephanie Rosenbloom’s article about how some travelers are opting to find their own flights and hotels while others are using sites like Orbitz and Travelocity. Ms, Rosenbloom discusses the pro and cons…
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Bereavement Travel: Which Airlines Help?
The death of a loved one can, of course, be extremely stressful enough. But what if on top of this you need to travel at a moment’s notice from one part of the country to another to arrive at the funeral services on time? Check out Walecia Ronhard’s interesting article, “Dealing with the Dreaded Bereavement Trip,“ that…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 