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Travel Troubleshooter: 4 Secrets For Coping With Airline Cutbacks
travel agents provide the best protection from canceled flights, but if you’re a do-it-yourselfer, here are a few tools you’ll want to consider.
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Airlines' Fees For Surfboards Are Dinging Surfers - Los Angeles Times
swelling airline fees are wiping out traveling surfers' hopes of catching the next big wave. some airlines are now charging surfers as much as $300 to take along a surfboard. that's significantly higher than the $15 fee that big carriers began ...
www.latimes.com

At Least The Airsickness Bags Are Free - Palm Beach Interactive
as far as airlines are concerned, you are no longer just a passenger. you are an opportunity to raise "ancillary revenue." and when it comes to charging for things that were once free, the sky's the limit. in just a few short months, the airlines ...
www.palmbeachpost.com

N.o. Firm Ranked On Magazine's Growth List
travel and entertainment booking engine iseatz is ranked no. 494 on this year's inc. magazine list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the nation, the magazine announced wednesday.
www.nola.com

"organised Chaos" At Crash Airline Spanair
spanair is a struggling airline which its owners have been trying to sell and whose pilots had been threatening strike action.
www.timesonline.co.uk

Without Vouchers, Little Rest For Stranded Travelers - Boston Globe
sleeping at an airport overnight, once almost a sport for the young and short of cash, has become a lot more common lately, affecting even older and professional travelers. and a big reason is that airlines are no longer as free with complimentary ...
www.boston.com

Passur Takes Off With New Clientele - Stamford Advocate
greenwich-based passur aerospace inc. provides software to track flights and assist airlines in their daily support operations. million air customer service representative mayling chow uses passur to track airplanes flying into westchester country ...
www.stamfordadvocate.com

Without Vouchers, Little Rest For Stranded Travelers
sleeping at an airport overnight, once almost a sport for the young and short of cash, has become a lot more common lately, affecting even older and professional travelers. and a big reason is that airlines are no longer as free with complimentary hotel vouchers as they once were.
www.boston.com

At Least The Airsickness Bags Are Free
by micheline maynard
www.palmbeachpost.com

Skies Are No Longer Friendly To Fliers - Buffalo News
christine hicks-usta, who lives in east amherst, remembers the pleasure of air travel from years ago. i love to fly. well, i used to. my first trip by air was to california, an adventure conceived by my parents and great aunt, to visit a contemporary ...
www.buffalonews.com

Aviation Is A Good News Story For Menzies But The Risks Are High - Daily Telegraph
it has been more than a decade since john menzies sold off its eponymous chain of book and newspaper sellers. at the time it marked the end of a story that had been running for more than 150 years, but business is no place for sentimentality, as the ...
www.telegraph.co.uk

You're In Rarefied Air With Charter Flights
lake in the hills – what’s the difference between flying out of o’hare airport and flying out of a small airport on a chartered jet?
www.nwherald.com

Fliers Fume Over United's New Meal Fees
united's decision to end free meals on some trans-atlantic routes appears to have struck a chord with frequent-fliers.
www.usatoday.com

European Stocks Gain On Takeover Speculation; Hochtief Rises - Bloomberg
aug. 22 (bloomberg) -- european stocks rose the most in two weeks as investors speculated takeovers may increase and a drop in oil prices boosted airlines and carmakers. hbos plc led banks higher, jumping 6.3 percent, after korea development bank ...
www.bloomberg.com

Tips For A Safer, Trouble-free Vacation - Redlands Daily Facts
while waiting in my doctor's office last week, i picked up an old issue of condé nast traveler magazine. i came across an article on travel tips that, if followed, "will guarantee you a safer, trouble free vacation." ok, i've been writing my travel ...
www.redlandsdailyfacts.com

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European Stocks Gain On Takeover Speculation; Hochtief Rises
aug. 22 (bloomberg) -- european stocks rose the most in two weeks as investors speculated takeovers may increase and a drop in oil prices boosted airlines and carmakers.
www.bloomberg.com

Qantas' 2008 Earnings Up, 2009 Down, But Well-hedged - Abn Newswire
sydney, aug 22, 2008 (abn newswire) - qantas has increased its full year profit by 44.1 per cent but says it is starting to feel the effect of higher fuel costs amid an uncertain economic outlook. but 2009 will see a sharp drop, as expected, on ...
www.abnnewswire.net

Watch-listed Fliers Can Sue, Appeals Court Rules - Wired
airline passengers on the government's no-fly list can sue the government to get their names removed, according to a federal appeals court ruling monday that swept aside complicated judicial rules that insulated the government from lawsuits over the ...
blog.wired.com

New Audit Figure For Open Skies
the international audit organisation, bpa worldwide, has announced the latest circulation figures for emirates in-flight magazine open skies for the period of january to june 2008.
www.ameinfo.com