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Woman misses flight because of gender. Or because she was late.

Today, the Home Warrior came across this story and he thought I would want to see it. He was right, as usual. Sounds like Jennifer Winning was trying to fly home from a small Wyoming airport, and for some reason security was closed and she wasn’t able to make her flight. Once I read the…

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Travel News This Week

It’s early in the week, but there are already some interesting travel stories out there. CNN has an interesting look into the future of airport security. What does the future hold? Well, thermal lie detector tests and cloned drug and illness sniffing puppies, for starters. Yowza! Worried about keeping clean on the road? MSNBC has…

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Even More Fees Expected In 2011…..Great.

The Home Warrior recently sent me an article, saying, “You probably need to see this…..” He was right. Wow, was he right. According to MSNBC, experts are forecasting a rise in airline fees for 2011. As in, they are going to start charging us a la carte for even more items than ever before. It’s…

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Bringing Family on the Road

A recent article from MSNBC states: Combining business and leisure trips, or “blended travel” in which business travelers bring along a friend or family members, has gained momentum in recent years, some industry experts say. A survey conducted earlier this year by the Meredith Corporation, the publisher of Family Circle magazine, found that of readers…

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Good News, Bad News: Airlines

Welcome to the first edition of Good News, Bad News. Today we will be focused on airlines, specifically American and Continental. Good news: MSNBC is reporting that American Airlines is expanding its use of “mobile boarding passes” to 19 new airports. I have never used this service, but it sounds very cool, and incredibly convenient.…

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