Airlines

We’ve all been there…you board your plane, headed somewhere nice and warm, so you’re dressed for where you’re landing. Probably in shorts and a T-shirt. As you get all settled …

We all know that flight attendants have a hard job to do. They’re at the ready to keep you safe, of course – that’s the #1 part of their job. …

Not long ago, we wrote about why more hotels are no longer offering dressers in guest rooms. You may have noticed the basic reason is similar to why fewer hotels …

If you think carry-on rules are consistent across airlines… they’re not. With virtually every U.S.-based commercial airline now charging for checked luggage (nice going, Southwest) and then raising those fees …

It was only a matter of time: JetBlue has raised its checked bag fees. JetBlue has become the first U.S. airline to raise checked bag fees. They say it’s to …

If you’ve ever looked closely at older Boeing planes, you may have noticed something unusual above the cockpit. As is the case with nearly any vehicle, over the course of …

A small typo on a plane ticket doesn’t seem like a big deal—until it suddenly costs thousands of dollars. Some airline rules are important for obvious reasons, such as not …

When an airline sends a schedule change notification, it’s easy to assume nothing major happened. Maybe your flight was moved by 20 minutes or your departure time shifted slightly. But …

Airlines will do just about anything to save fuel—and sometimes that means cutting weight in surprisingly small (and strange) ways. When you’re an airline, every little bit helps the bottom …

Airlines are strict about carry-on sizes. But what happens if the sizer at the airport is actually smaller than what the airline says is allowed? As airlines began charging for …