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5 Facts About Budget Airlines You Should Know

Would you buy a seat on a discounted flight — one with no food, entertainment, or baggage allowance — to save potentially hundreds of dollars? In an era of one-way transatlantic fares selling for as little as $99 on Wow Air and domestic flights selling for under $20 from Spirit and Frontier, more and more…

Is Airline Travel Getting More Dangerous?

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 after crash landing in San Francisco International Airport With the number of airline disasters in the news in recent years, it sure can feel like flying is getting a lot less safe. In 2015, the world was rocked by two of the 100 worst airline accidents of all time — the…

5 Ways to Infiltrate Luxury Airport Lounges

What does heaven look like? My personal take is sprawling velvet sofas, golden capped ceilings, illuminated bars that serve every cocktail you could possibly desire, piles of “Hello” magazine at my fingertips, and pummeling massages on request. Basically, it’s the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at JFK airport. I entered this celestial space once when I was…

Airlines Have Banned Passengers From Carrying On This Holiday’s Bestselling Gift

Photo: Ben Larcey via flickr/CC Attribution Self-balancing scooters, a.k.a. those “hoverboards” or “balance gliders” everyone has been zooming around on, are bound to be this year’s hottest gift. But according to several major U.S. airlines, that’s exactly the problem. Delta, United, Southwest, JetBlue, and American have all announced that the scooters will no longer be…