travel

Holiday Travel Tip: Don’t Wrap Before You Fly

Oh no. Lifehacker also points out that you might want to check that the liquids you are bringing are approved… so you don’t lose a tasty dessert.

Avoid Denver: United Airlines Waiving Fees

Avoid Denver: United Airlines Waiving Fees

The above-pictured blizzard is hitting Denver right now, and if you’d like to avoid connecting through that airport on United, they’re waiving fees. Up to 3′ of snow is expected in Northern Colorado. Brrrr. Customers can check the status of their flights at united.com or calling 1-800-UNITED-1 (1-800-864-8331) for automated, up-to-the-minute flight arrival and departure information before leaving for the airport. —MEGHANN MARCO

You Need To Get A Passport

You Need To Get A Passport

Under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, beginning January 23, 2007, ALL persons, including U.S. citizens, traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport, Air NEXUS card, or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document, or an Alien Registration Card, Form I-551, if applicable.

Even Physicists Are Not Smart Enough to Avoid Getting Screwed By Orbitz

Even Physicists Are Not Smart Enough to Avoid Getting Screwed By Orbitz

We’re not saying the rest of you are dumb, but when physicists from CalTech can’t manage to make travel arrangements without getting stuck with hundreds of dollars in “change fees,” there might be a problem with the website. And by problem we might mean “scam.” And by scam, we might mean, “policies designed to increase fees by being deliberately confusing and overly restrictive.” In this case, Sean, a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, was trying to book a new ticket with money from a credit on a previously canceled ticket, which is much harder than identifying the unified field theory.

Golden Touch Transportation Is A Shyster Car Service

Golden Touch Transportation Is A Shyster Car Service

Shonda paid for a private sedan to take her to and from the airport during a recent trip to New York City, but instead she got a shuttle crammed with other people.

AVIS Gives Free iTunes With Rentals

AVIS Gives Free iTunes With Rentals

Get free iTunes downloads every time you rent directly from AVIS. 1-4 days = 5 tracks, 5+ days = 10 tracks. More Than Points tells us how it’s done:

Cleveland Airport Confiscates Passenger’s ‘Dangerous Liquid’ Pies

A Cleveland airport considers pie filling a dangerous liquid, while at JFK the pie loses its incendiary properties. TSA employees seized at least a dozen of the baked goods from travelers.

Does The TSA Consider Pie A Dangerous Liquid?

Does The TSA Consider Pie A Dangerous Liquid?

UPDATE: Cleavland confiscates traveler’s pies.

Lock In Cheap Airfare

Lock In Cheap Airfare

Our favorite airfare search site has just unveiled an exciting new service called Fare Guard.

$19 AirTran Tickets

AirTran’s got a 48-hour sale going on right now with tickets as low as $19 one way.

Consumerist Ask Metafilter Round-Up

I recently received a bill from my local utilities company stating that they had accidentally undercharged me for the last year. Now they want me to pay 438.53. Here’s the letter, is there a way out of this? [Link]

Spirit Air Knocks You Out With $8 Tickets

Spirit Air has got some groovy travel deals in their “Ocho De La Hoya to the Rescue!” package, but they turn into a pumpkin after midnight.

Farecast Launches Nationwide Airfare Search

Farecast Launches Nationwide Airfare Search

Our favorite predictive airfare search engine just keeps getting better (being in Beta will do that for ya). Farecast today announced the addition of airfare search for all of America. You can now search for airfare for any airport in the nation.

Gneiss Security, TSA!

Gneiss Security, TSA!

Banning Liquids Increased Lost Suitcase Claims

Banning Liquids Increased Lost Suitcase Claims

New government statistics released today show a 25% increase in passengers reporting lost luggage during August.

American Airlines: Evoke 9/11? Give Away A TiVo!

American Airlines: Evoke 9/11? Give Away A TiVo!

Angry Pilot: Leave This Plane if You Want to Live

Angry Pilot: Leave This Plane if You Want to Live

A comforting thought for anyone whose fear of flying has them questioning the safety of the airplane: If the pilot says it’s safe, you can take some comfort in getting onboard. After all, the pilot’s life is on the line, too, if anything would go wrong.

Onward!  British Airways Pilots Undeterred by Burning Engine

Onward! British Airways Pilots Undeterred by Burning Engine

Looking out the window of a British Airways 747, passengers might have been shocked to see flames shooting out the engine, like the afterburners on a military jet at an air show. But this was no air show, and the soundtrack did not include the Scorpions’ “Rock You Like a Hurricane.”