Travel agency whacked with $200,000 fine for offering “free” flights with Sandals vacations
The best things in life may be free, but that apparently doesn’t extend to the airfare on your all-inclusive vacation, at least according to the government.
Christopher Elliott
What’s behind all those airline change fees?
Dotti Cahill thought she had a $150 ticket credit on Delta Air Lines. She thought wrong.
Who’s gonna pay these overdraft fees?
When a Hampton Inn hotel charges Alia Naffouj twice for the same room, there are two surprise overdraft fees on Naffouj’s credit card. Hampton is dragging its feet on a refund. Is there anything Naffouj can do to get the money back?
Beaches vacation goes bust, but how about that ticket promise?
Jen Knight’s family was looking forward to an all-inclusive vacation in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, until the resort sent her some bad news: Her hotel, Beaches Boscobel, would be closed for renovations.
This case can’t be solved: They charged $5,900 for a one-way ticket in economy class to fly to my mother’s funeral
Walk-up fares are some of the most flexible — and pricey — airline tickets. But corner any airline employee at a party, and they’ll admit these super-high, unrestricted fares, which are purchased at the last minute, are meant to be paid by business travelers on an expense account.
When will full-body scans become mandatory?
If you’re a fan of conspiracy theories, you might suspect the latest terror scare is just another cleverly-timed event that pushes us toward mandatory full-body scans at the airport — not unlike the clumsy underwear bomber, who conveniently ended a lively debate about the privacy problems of strip-search machines.
Three years later, Alitalia still owes me $528 for my lost baggage and ruined Italian vacation
Noah Markewich’s lost-luggage case had “lost cause” written all over it when he contacted me last week.
Delta fined $100,000 for misleading baggage brochure
Federal law says an airline can’t limit its liability for lost, damaged or delayed baggage to less than $3,300 per passenger. But if you’re flying on Delta Air Lines, you might have thought otherwise.
Can this trip be saved? “Eep! There’s a toenail in my bed!”
A lot can go wrong on a cruise, but Vanessa Williams’ sailing to the Bahamas on NCL’s Norwegian Sky had more than its fair share of problems.
Buh-bye first class? Wouldn’t that be nice
So they’re getting rid of first class, are they? At least that’s what our friends in the traditional media are reporting.