Air Travel

Most people who fly have been the victim of another passenger who’s done something boneheaded. Or rude. Or maybe they were only thinking of themselves and it put others at …

We often travel with Southwest Airlines, usually taking at least one trip a year. This is why it makes sense for us to have the Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority co-brand …

When we travel overseas, we have a strong preference for train travel over short-distance flights. This was the case when we journeyed from Salzburg, Austria, to Munich and then to …

Full disclosure: save for one flight in Asia (one where the overheads were positioned for a country whose residents tended to be on the short side), I have never put …

For the most part, the safety announcements flight attendants make on the PA are pretty much the same, regardless of the airline. The FAA mandates a specific pre-take-off announcement, with …

There’s no other form of transportation where you give up as much freedom of personal space as airplanes. Unlike other modes of transportation, such as your car or a train, …

Flying first class has always been a “big thing” to a lot of people. And no wonder – at best it gives you the sense of traveling in the lap …

Frequent (and even not-so-frequent) flyers will tell you that TSA PreCheck is a godsend when it comes to saving time. And boy, how it’s grown! When the program started in …

The Muslim holiday of Ramadan begins in the United States on Sunday, March 10, 2024, and continues through Tuesday, April 9, 2024 (the timetable differs by a day or two, …

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that if you check a bag, there’s a chance it could go missing. The U.S. Dept of State said in their Full Year Air …