181. Tips on Snagging a Bulkhead Seat
September 19, 2011
Once you have succeeded in finding cheap fares, whether cheap airplane tickets or cheap vacation packages, often the next priority is trying to secure the best seats available in coach. For some travelers that means getting assigned to a bulkhead seat where your legs have a little extra room and yo...
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182. Planes Flying Fuller than Ever
September 19, 2011
Cheap airplane tickets and cheap vacation packages have become harder to find as flights are increasingly taking off with few, if any, empty seats.
86.4 percent of all airline seats were filled by paying customers in July and August, a slight increase in last summer’s previous record of 86.3...
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183. Applying Common Sense to Airport Security
September 19, 2011
As much as families love taking advantage of cheap airplane tickets and discount hotel rooms or cheap vacation packages, some parents, particularly those with young children, are concerned about their children having to go through airport security checkpoints.
Homeland Security has announced...
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184. American Airline's Traffic Decreases
September 19, 2011
Since falling demand often leads to lower prices, the news that American Airlines traffic dropped in August may turn out to be good news for the future of cheap airplane tickets and cheap vacation packages.
American flew paying customers 11.46 billion miles in August which was a 0.4 percent ...
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185. Select Airfares Rise Again
September 19, 2011
2011 will be remembered as the year when the ability to find cheap airplane tickets and cheap vacation packages was more important than ever given that airlines have increased ticket prices for the 10th time this year.
The only good news is that the latest higher prices are only going to imp...
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186. Airlines Denying Passage Based on Inappropriate Attire
September 19, 2011
Don’t assume you are going to be allowed to board your plane simply because you have purchased cheap airfare, whether cheap airplane tickets or cheap vacation packages. These days your dress has to meet the standards of gate agents as well as flight attendants.
Saggy pants, exposed underwea...
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187. Most Americans Plan a Vacation This Year
September 19, 2011
Cheap airplane tickets, discount hotel rooms and cheap vacation packages, as well as a recovering economy are all factors in over half of Americans preparing to take a vacation this year. This is the first time in three years that the majority of Americans anticipate taking a vacation.
A re...
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188. Air Passenger Removed for Saggy Pants
September 19, 2011
People planning to fly because they found cheap airplane tickets or cheap vacation packages better hike up their britches before arriving at the gate. On September 1st Green Day’s lead singer was forced off a flight scheduled to fly from Oakland to Burbank after a Southwest flight attendant judged ...
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189. Disney Opens 1st non-themed Hawaiian Hotel
September 19, 2011
Although relatively cheap travel options, including cheap airplane tickets and cheap vacation packages remain available to Hawaii, Disney’s new Aulani hotel is one of the pricier new properties in Hawaii. Disney’s new hotel is located on 21 oceanfront acres in the resort enclave of Ko Olina, 25 mil...
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190. Self Boarding being Tested in Houston
September 19, 2011
Travelers who fly using cheap airplane tickets and/or cheap vacation packages often wish that the boarding process was easier. Continental is testing having passengers board planes without an agent to inspect or take their boarding passes at its hub in Houston Intercontinental Airport. This is ...
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Author: Steve Robinson
