Airline schedulers’ jobs have become something like playing Whack-A-Mole. As some carriers give up slots at certain airports, other carriers grab them. And then there’s the whole “keeping up with…
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American, Delta, United Cutting Vast Number Of Flights In December
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIn an attempt “to match low demand,” American has cut over 100,000 flights on its December 2020 schedule. That’s leaving them with about 10,000 more flights than they had in…
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American, Delta, United & Southwest Cutting Hundreds Of Thousands Of Flights In November
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegI had read somewhere that airlines were expecting a boom for travel during the Thanksgiving season and then read somewhere else that they were expecting a bust for the same…
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The Items Most Often Left On Planes & What To Do If It Happens To You
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAs a traveler, you may be familiar with the moment when your heart jumps to your throat because you realize you left something valuable on a plane. I realize that…
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Weekly Recap
Celebration, FL: The Problems Of The Town Disney Built, A Perfect Credit Score Doesn’t Feel That Good, 20 Travel Complaints From Not Smart People, & More
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegHello, travel friends and happy Saturday! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV in the past week or two. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that…
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Visiting Cuba Just Got Harder (But Here’s How It Can Still Be Done, Post COVID)
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIn December 2014, what was called the Cuban thaw began. U.S. President Barack Obama reached out to Cuban President Raúl Castro and the 54 years of icy relations between the…
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Weekly Recap
Complaining Passenger Got What He Deserved, Air NZ Can’t Sell Tix Until Gov’t Solves New Problem, Airline Alliances Join To Help Passengers
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegHello, travel friends and happy Saturday. Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we really liked and…
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Passengers Put Up Umbrellas When It Started “Raining” On Flight
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegA plane full of passengers experienced an interesting situation not long ago; it started to “rain” inside their plane. So much so that while some of them tried to figure…
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Airlines
United Decreasing Flights Due To More COVID-19 & Quarantines
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegDuring an employee town hall, United Airlines announced it was cutting back on its planned expansion of flights for August and beyond. In recent weeks, multiple states have begun requiring…
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When 737 MAX Returns, Airlines Will Allow Free Flight Changes
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegFollowing the two 2019 tragic crashes, one in Indonesia and one in Ethiopia, that killed 346 people, the Boeing 737 MAX fleet was grounded worldwide. After a messy investigation that…