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New frequent flyer help online
Do you have trouble figuring out where and when to use your miles? Whether you're better off buying a ticket with miles or paying cash? If so, two new websites offer to help.
MileWise (www.milewise.com) is the more ambitious of the two. It searches...Tags: Travel, Virgin Group, Ltd., Transportation Industry, Trips and Vacations, Air Transportation
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Politicians frantic to create jobs
One day after President Barack Obama pledged in his State of the Union address that creating jobs would be his No. 1 focus, he used both of Florida's coasts Thursday to try to back up that promise. On the west coast, Obama appeared in Tampa to announce...Tags: Brevard County, Walt Disney, Charlie Crist, Buddy Dyer, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Do air travelers need new federal protections?
It's not your imagination. Congress seems to be paying closer attention to travelers' welfare.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the International Travelers Bill of Rights, proposed bipartisan legislation that would require online travel agencies to...Tags: Mexico, Holidays, Travel Alerts, Chris Elliott, Air Transportation
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The gift card shuffle
Who cares that holiday spending fell short of expectations this season? The real shopping is happening right now. Gift cards, according to a survey by American Express and the International Council of Shopping Centers, were the third most popular item...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, American Express Company, Holidays, CVS Corp., Kroger Company
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When it comes to kids and flying, the ground rules shift
Times Staff WriterDerek Shields, 14, of San Diego, has flown on his own for years to visit his grandparents near Minneapolis. But this summer was different. He was turned away at the airport ticket counter. Derek, whose planned flight connected through Phoenix, had run...Tags: Puerto Rico, Adults, Air Transportation, San Diego (San Diego, California), People
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Any intercontinental low-fare airlines?
Despite the huge growth of low-fare airlines such as Southwest, JetBlue, and others, you don't see any low-fare lines to Asia or southern South America. Although a few transatlantic lines lay claim to the "low fare" label, they're very limited.
Two big...Tags: Toronto (Canada), Paris (France), Travel, International Travel, Trips and Vacations
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The great mysteries of world travel
Times Staff WriterSINCE the invention of the wheel, several great mysteries have puzzled travelers. Where was Atlantis? What do the formations at Stonehenge mean? Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa lean? But there are other, evidently unsolvable, travel questions I...Tags: New York, Government, Consumer Electronics Industry, Heads of State, Automotive Equipment
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Air-passenger rights bills are still on the taxiway
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe last nine months have brought a flurry of anger and activism involving fliers trapped on tarmacs with limited food and water and inoperable toilets. In well-publicized incidents in December and February, passengers said they languished for nine hours...Tags: Travel, New York, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Air and Space Accidents
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Price guarantees: Marketing gimmicks or the real deal?
Special to The TimesHERE'S a puzzlement: Can every travel website really offer the lowest price for your hotel or airfare? That's what many guarantee. They can do that partly because rates and fares don't differ much from site to site. The reason for this lies with pricing...Tags: American Express Company, Government, Tour Operations Industry, Air Transportation, Services and Shopping
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Hartford tarmac stranding doesn't justify new law
The Halloween weekend stranding of more than 1,000 airline passengers at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Conn., brought the tarmac delay activists out in full force again, pushing for new laws that they claim would prevent lengthy ground...Tags: Halloween, Entertainment Events, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Litigation and Regulation
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