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What Are You Supposed to Do with Your Spirit Airlines Credit Card Now?

More than a month after the sudden and dramatic collapse of Spirit Airlines—which left thousands of travelers and former Spirit employees scrambling—Free Spirit Travel Mastercard and…

Spirit Airlines Ending Flights to Cuba

Spirit Airlines is ending its flights to Cuba, the carrier announced last week.That makes it the third U.S. airline to halt service to the island, after Frontier and Silver…

Sea Turtles in Florida, In-Flight Phone Calls, and Spirit Leaving Cuba: Monday's Travel Briefing

APRIL 17, 2017 — Good morning, everybody! Here's the latest from the world's islands, airlines, and beaches.SPIRIT AIRLINES ENDING FLIGHTS TO CUBA (USA Today)Spirit Airlines is ending…

Spirit Airlines Shrinking Size Allowed for Carry-On Personal Item

Air-travel horror-story generator Spirit Airlines has quietly reintroduced a policy it dropped last spring due to customer outrage.Starting on April 1, the one personal item…

Low Fares to Havana Now on Sale from Spirit

Fast on the heels of JetBlue operating the first flight in more than 50 years from the United States to Cuba, Spirit Airlines has begun offering, as of yesterday, its ultra-low fares…

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…

Frontier Imitating Spirit, Cuba, Airbnb, and Priceline: Four Important Developments or Opportunities

Although the rumor that Spirit Airlines has recently acquired Frontier Airlines is false (Frontier was actually bought by an independent, private equity firm headed by a…

That's Ridiculous! Car Rental Absurdities I'd Change If I Could

Not a day seems to go by that I don't hear from an angry car rental customer -- customers like Craig Solomon, who rented a car in England from Avis for two weeks recently. "Toward the…

Is Economy Plus Really Worth the Price?

As airlines cram seats more tightly together, they're profiting from new ways out of the crush. Premium economy seats, which give you a few inches more legroom, have been around for a…

The Maine Windjammers: 75 Years Young and Ready for a Party

Come in my time machine back to 1936. The Great Depression is finally coming to an end, but in Maine, so is something else: the era of the sailing ship. Not many years before, coastal…

How to Complain to the Airlines: Effective Ways to Get Ahead

Air travel isn't always fun. Things go wrong. And while you're unlikely to get compensated because a summer thunderstorm made your plane late, it's often worth complaining to the…