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Planning For A Memorable USA Trip? Get These Cities In Your Bucket List First

November 25, 2018

Right from the food-loving New Orleans to the artsy Asheville, there are so many cities in the USA all ready to just blow your minds apart. Just on the surface, the NYC skyscrapers might not feel more different from the sun-washed buildings of Santa Fe. Similarly, the crystal clear beaches of Honolulu might seem to be just different from the oak shaped ones of Savannah. But despite these differences, American cities share the same old spirit of being lively all the time. Just the right…

Airlines ban hoverboards; batteries could burn on-board

December 12, 2015

Hoverboards, also known as balance boards, are being banned from most U.S. flights because their large lithium-ion batteries are a fire risk on board. Already banned by JetBlue, Hawaiian and Virgin America, the popular devices, a kind of self-balancing scooter, hit the no-fly list in the last two days for Alaska and the big three (American, United and Delta). Only Southwest, among large airlines, still allows them. Delta put the issue this way: “Poorly-labeled, powerful lithium-ion batteries…

Spirit keeps the pressure on legacy carriers

December 10, 2015

Spirit strikes again…this time with more non-stops from Philadelphia The ultra-low-cost carrier is taking on JetBlue and American this time, with non-stops from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale and Detroit. The Spirit “bare-fare” services that it hopes will win it market share competing with the majors on high-density has already pushed all three of the big legacy carriers—Delta, United and American—into offering no-frills fares in competition. (For Gumbo’s coverage of that…

United, AA to offer “basic economy”—that’s the Spirit!

December 9, 2015

Ultra-low cost carriers like Spirit are pushing the majors into the no-frills arena. United has announced it will follow Delta next year, and offer “basic

Heritage liveries on display on AA planes

December 2, 2015

American Airlines heritage livery plan gets its last two jets.

Brits told: world situation will mean cheaper holidays

December 1, 2015

There’s always someone to find a silver lining in dark clouds, and this time around it’s the travel writers of the Telegraph (UK) who are telling Britons that holidays in Europe and Turkey will be bargains next year because of uncertain times. Nick Trend, in an article posted Nov. 26, points to two factors in particular: Americans made nervous by the Paris attacks and State Department travel warnings, and Russia’s ban on “tourist relations” with Turkey. While the State Department…

And then there were none: AAdvantage shifts to points-per-dollar

November 18, 2015

American Airlines’ AAdvantage program, the last major U.S. holdout of the once-traditional one-point-per-mile-flown loyalty system has announced that starting midyear next year it will be shifting to a model that rewards those who spend the most, not…

Big change ahead for American’s AAdvantage?

November 11, 2015

AAdvantage as we know it: Taking off, or flying away? Over the past two years, most U.S. airlines, including Delta and United, have shifted

American Agrees to Honor ‘Mistake Fares’ to China

November 7, 2015

A deal between the Transportation Department and American Airlines resulted in 1,634 travelers getting either nearly free flights or reduced business-class tickets to China. Travel must be completed

American adds Cancun flights from more cities

November 6, 2015

American Airlines will be flying to Mexico’s Cancun vacation mecca from more cities this spring, adding non-stops from Kansas City, Raleigh-Durham, Pittsburgh and Nashville. All four of the cities will be served by a Saturday round-trip,…