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Don't Miss Your Flight! Another Airline Just Made Its Check-in Deadline Earlier

Procrastination-prone passengers, take note: Another airline has just moved its deadline for checking in for flights. Now you have a little less time. Effective Tuesday, June 3, United…

How to Complain to Delta Air Lines

To give feedback or file a complaint with Delta Air Lines using the company's website, go to the online Help Center and select the option for leaving comments and complaints. Logging…

Free Laptops on Qatar Airways, Rewards for Seat Volunteers, and Bob Dylan's Archive: Today's Travel Briefing

APRIL 4, 2017 — Good morning, everybody! Here's the latest from the world's museums and airports.* QATAR AIRWAYS LOANING OUT LAPTOPS FOR FREE IN BUSINESS CLASS (Travel Weekly)The Trump…

Delta Air Lines Most Likely to Pay Volunteers on Oversold Flights

For many airline passengers, an oversold flight creates anxiety over the potential for delays, a hectic boarding process, or even—worst-case scenario—getting bumped to a later…

Airlines with the Best and Worst On-Time Performance in 2016

FlightStats, an aviation insights company, has released its highly regarded annual analysis of international airlines' on-time performance records.Topping the rankings for 2016:…

After Facebook Flap, Delta Air Lines Changes Policy for Dealing with Medical Emergencies

Responding to public pressure, Delta Air Lines has announced a policy change in how flight crews deal with medical emergencies.As of this month, flight attendants are no longer…

Ghost Stations in Britain, Free Meals in Economy Class, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Good morning, everybody! Here's the latest from the world's airplane cabins, train stations, and gaming tournaments. * DELTA MIGHT BRING BACK FREE MEALS IN ECONOMY (Travel Weekly)Delta…

Delta Might Bring Back Free Meals in Economy

Delta Air Lines might bring back free meals for passengers in the economy section on some transatlantic flights.Since November 1, the Atlanta-based carrier has been testing…

Delta's App Now Lets You Track Your Checked Bags on a Map

Delta Air Lines has updated its mobile app so that passengers can now track their checked luggage from the moment it's dropped off to when it ends up in baggage claim (with any luck,…

"Field of Dreams" House to Open for Tours, Public Urinators Eroding World's Tallest Church, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Good morning, everybody! Here's the latest from the world's cathedrals, museums, and baggage claim areas.* DELTA'S APP NOW LETS YOU TRACK YOUR CHECKED BAGS ON A MAP (Consumerist)Delta…

Delta Unveils New Crew Uniforms

(photo: Instagram/@icontips)Delta Air Lines supplied a sneak peek at its new crew uniforms this week during a runway show in the company's hometown of Atlanta.Created by…

Delta Considering Adding Bare-Bones Fares to International Flights

Delta Air Lines may be considering adding supercheap, no-frills airfares to international flights.In an earnings call with reporters last week, executives from the country's…

Robots in the Cockpit, Unsanctioned Monuments in the Desert, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Good morning, everybody! Here's the latest on airplanes, national parks, and the not too distant future. * DELTA CONSIDERING ADDING BARE-BONES FARES TO INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS (Los…

Senators Demand Answers from Delta, Southwest

In the past month alone, service on two major U.S. airlines ground to a halt because of computer glitches. Now, some Senators demand to know why the country's airlines are falling…

Britain's Tourism Boost, New Hotel at Elvis's Graceland, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Here's what's happening today in the world of travel.* UK TOURISM BOOM FOLLOWING BREXIT AND FALLING POUND (BBC). Looks like Brexit has given a short-term boost to tourism in the United…

Delta Still Recovering from Computer Crash

Delta Air Lines remains in damage-control mode following a computer glitch that grounded all of the carrier's flights for six hours on Monday.The company's CEO issued an apology…

Delta's Computer Glitch, Mayhem at Museums, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Here's what's happening today in the world of travel.* COMPUTER GLITCH GROUNDS DELTA AIR LINES (Reuters). Delta Air Lines is slowly recovering from a computer systems crash on Monday…

Computer Glitch Grounds Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines is slowly recovering from a computer systems crash on Monday that grounded flights and stranded thousands of passengers across the globe.The airline says the…

Eight Airlines Granted Tentative Approval for Flights to Havana

Seems like there's a fresh piece of Cuba-related travel news every day. The latest: eight US airlines have received tentative approval from the Department of Transportation to…

Discount Airline Coming to Newark

Allegiant Air will soon begin offering flights to and from Newark Liberty International Airport. That makes it the airport's first discount carrier since a government lawsuit charged…

Airline to RFID-Track All Checked Bags

Nice to see a little of that crazy airline profit money poured back into something that benefits passengers: Delta has announced that by the end of the year, its new RFID luggage…

Not as a Hypothetical Prediction, But in Disturbing Reality, the Surviving Big Airlines of America are now Acting like Classic Monopolies

When, through mergers and acquisitions, the big airlines of America were reduced to four (Delta, United, American, and Southwest), such critics like me complained that…

Delta Drops Phone Booking Fee

Delta Air Lines has dropped one of its most onerous fees: the $25 it collects to allow you to make a booking by telephone. Now, people who do not book using the Web—because they…

America’s Best Airline Is Crowned, But Is It About to Sink Soon?

It looks like Alaska Airlines just made a great deal in picking up Virgin America, which was itself just rated, for the fourth year in a row, as the best airline in the U.S. by the…

Counting Down the Top 6 Travel Stories of 2015—And Looking Ahead to 2016

(Photo by Zach Dischner/Flickr)Unusually dramatic events and trends shaped the way we traveled in 2015 and should continue to impact our wanderings in 2016. Counting them down,…