Archive for 'Airline Policies'

Nipping on the heals of the good news about checkpoint-friendly laptop cases – comes just a little bit of bad news about in-flight blankets…
It seems that JetBlue is now charging customers for the privilege of using their pillows and blankets. Now, instead of scratchy recycled blankets, passengers will be asked to fork over $7 for [...]

Finally! Some good news from the airline industry. Starting August 16, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will allow passengers to leave their laptops in their bags at the security checkpoints – provided you’ve stashed your computer inside a “checkpoint-friendly” bag.
So what makes a laptop case “checkpoint friendly” and ready for scanning? According to the TSA, [...]

Now that the airlines have us all digging a little deeper into our pockets to pay for checking bags and in-flight entertainment, some airlines are starting to charge for non-alcoholic drinks as well.
Last week US Airways announced that coach passengers would be charged $2 for soft drinks and juices – while upping their price [...]

Boys and girls, children of all ages, it’s time to bid a fond farewell to in-flight entertainment as we know it. That’s because US Airways recently announced that they’ll soon remove in-flight movies from domestic flights – and in doing so will save about $10 million a year in fuel (because the video systems weigh [...]

In addition to raising ticket prices, it seems that at least one airline (US Airways) is trying to preserve its positive cash flow by cutting the peanuts, pretzels and snack mixes it serves to economy-class passengers on domestic flights. Fortunately, the airline understands that passengers will still WANT to eat, so they’re allowing them to [...]

Hot off the presses… Starting with tickets purchased after June 15, American Airlines is instituting fees to check any, that’s right, ANY bag.
On May 10 I reported that American Airlines was going to start charging domestic, economy-class passengers only for their second bag. Well, it seems that high fuel prices have given the company cause [...]

OK. We’re all finally starting to gear up for our summer travel plans – so now is obviously the perfect time for the airlines to levy even more fees against those who check baggage (ugh). So if you want to play by the latest rules, here’s the lowdown on the fees for some of the [...]