Tagged: drive

Slope Specs: Chamonix, The Monarch of French Mountain Resorts

Chamonix (tel. +33 450 53 00 24; www.chamonix.com) is far from the prettiest of European mountain towns, but in every other respect it is an unsurpassed destination for dedicated…

Travel Troubleshooter: A Married Name, A Singular Headache

Shaun Francis' daughter has the wrong name on her airline ticket. It's her married name, and her passport still has her maiden name. The airline is happy to fix the ticket -- for a…

Travel Troubleshooter: A Canceled Flight, But No Refund

It's been two years since Niel Bratteli bought a roundtrip plane ticket from Dallas to Boston for his son. The airline, ATA, stopped flying from Boston to Dallas (and stopped flying…

Is Virgin America Fit to Fly?

As our venerated and venerable leader, Arthur Frommer pointed out in last week's blog post, low-fare carrier Virgin America spread its wings to start booking flights between New York,…