Skip to content
Elliott Report

Elliott Report

  • Home
  • Features
    • Advocacy
    • Destinations
    • Problem Solved
    • On Travel
    • Safe Travels
    • The Travel Troubleshooter
    • Red List/Green List
    • Ultimate Consumer Guides
  • Company Contacts
  • Sites
    • Elliott Advocacy
    • Christopher Elliott’s books
    • Elliott Confidential
    • EA Facebook Group
  • Newsletters
    • Elliott Advocacy Today (Daily)
    • Elliott Confidential (Premium)
    • Elliott’s E-Mail (Weekly)
    • Media Leads (Weekly)
  • Advocacy
  • About
  • Contact Us
Get Help
Elliott Report

Elliott Report

  • Home
  • Features
    • Advocacy
    • Destinations
    • Problem Solved
    • On Travel
    • Safe Travels
    • The Travel Troubleshooter
    • Red List/Green List
    • Ultimate Consumer Guides
  • Company Contacts
  • Sites
    • Elliott Advocacy
    • Christopher Elliott’s books
    • Elliott Confidential
    • EA Facebook Group
  • Newsletters
    • Elliott Advocacy Today (Daily)
    • Elliott Confidential (Premium)
    • Elliott’s E-Mail (Weekly)
    • Media Leads (Weekly)
  • Advocacy
  • About
  • Contact Us

Commentary

Elliott Advocacy is a nonprofit organization that mediates cases between consumers and businesses. These are commentary articles that detail our efforts and provide educational information for consumers.

Stop the presses! United Airlines removes a fee

February 5, 2024November 15, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

That’s no typo. United Airlines actually removed a fee. Really, it did.

Categories Commentary
The hidden messages of the airline industry. Sometimes, airlines reveal their true feelings about you with a simple word or phrase.

Comfort hacks for flights that cramp your style

February 5, 2024November 15, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Air travel can be a humiliating, dehumanizing and even torturous experience — at least according to my e-mail inbox.

Categories Commentary
This week's top story was Janice Hough's first-person account about the power of social media. Twitter has a secret about you.

Twitter has a secret about you

February 5, 2024November 14, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

This week’s top story was Janice Hough’s first-person account about the power of social media. Twitter has a secret about you.

Categories Commentary
They're spoiled. They're demanding. And they're ruining travel for everyone else. That's what employees say about entitled travelers.

Putting entitled travelers in their place

February 5, 2024November 14, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

They’re spoiled. They’re demanding. And they’re ruining travel for everyone else. That’s what employees say about entitled travelers.

Categories Commentary
Privilege and human dignity in air travel: that the elites sitting in the big seats are subsidizing everyone else's low fares.

Maybe first class passengers aren’t so special after all

February 5, 2024November 13, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

One piece of conventional wisdom has gone unchallenged during our ongoing debate about class, privilege and human dignity in air travel: that the elites sitting in the big seats are subsidizing everyone else’s low fares.

Categories Commentary
Here we go again. Expedia is out with yet another survey on the most annoying passengers on a plane.

And the most annoying passenger on the plane is …

February 5, 2024November 12, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Here we go again. Expedia is out with yet another survey on the most annoying passengers on a plane.

Categories Commentary
Yesterday, my colleague Kendall Creighton asked if the big three airlines have a “stranglehold” on three New York area airports.

Someone just did something about the ‘stranglehold’ on airline competition

February 5, 2024November 11, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Yesterday, my colleague Kendall Creighton asked if the big three airlines have a “stranglehold” on three New York area airports.

Categories Commentary

What Expedia’s purchase of HomeAway means to you

February 5, 2024November 8, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

With Expedia’s $3.9 billion acquisition of vacation rental website HomeAway, the obvious question is, What does this mean for travelers and consumers?

Categories Commentary
Just a few weeks before Dennis Main's European riverboat cruise, a disc in his spine ruptured, confining him to a wheelchair. Unfair fees.

The most unfair fees in travel

February 5, 2024November 7, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Just a few weeks before Dennis Main’s European riverboat cruise, a disc in his spine ruptured, confining him to a wheelchair. Unfair fees.

Categories Commentary
Jack thought the $430 rate for his European car rental from Hertz covered everything. Except for one teensy surcharge.

Did we neglect to mention the $651 drop-off fee?

February 5, 2024November 6, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Jack thought the $430 rate for his European car rental from Hertz covered everything. Except for one teensy surcharge.

Categories Commentary
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page44 Page45 Page46 … Page106 Next →

What’s Your Problem?

If you have a consumer problem, please contact our team at Elliott Advocacy through this form. We’re always here to help. Our help is free.

Get Help

Our Newsletter

Check out Elliott Advocacy Today, our free, daily newsletter with links to your favorite commentary, tips and news about consumer advocacy. Did we mention it's free?

Sign Up

What's This Site?

The Elliott Report is a consumer news site supported by Elliott Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that offers free advice and advocacy for consumers.

Join Us

Follow Us

© 2026 Elliott Report | Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • Features
    • Advocacy
    • Problem Solved
    • On Travel
    • The Travel Troubleshooter
    • Ultimate Consumer Guides
  • Company Contacts
  • Sites
    • Elliott Advocacy
    • Elliott Confidential
    • EA Facebook Group
  • Newsletters
    • Elliott Advocacy Today (Daily)
    • Elliott Confidential (Premium)
    • Elliott’s E-Mail (Weekly)
    • Media Leads (Weekly)
  • Advocacy
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Get Help