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 Articles Of Interest

DOT Restarts The Clock On Tarmac Delays

No Bag? Then Airlines Should Refund Fee

Airlines Have Different Approaches On Bumping

Delta Opens New Sky Club Lounges At Atlanta

United Airlines Spends $500M To Improve Seats

U.S. Airlines Trim Service, Restrain Growth

How USA Today Slips $82 Million Onto Hotel Bills

National Car Rental Launches "One Two Free" Promotion for Emerald Club Members

ADP Introduces App For Navigating Paris-CDG

Flier Comfort: Boeing 787 Myths And Facts

Q&A: Finding Water At The Airport

DOT Restarts The Clock On Tarmac Delays
 Source: MSNBC
Please Note: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s expanded airline passenger protection rules, written about in the following article, took effect August 23, 2011.

Mention extended tarmac delays to most people, and the responses generally fall into two categories: They impact so few passengers that they’re hardly a problem at all or they’re essentially hostage situations in which passengers are deprived of food, water and working toilets. Click Here to continue.

No Bag? Then Airlines Should Refund Fee
 Source: CNN
 We all know the feeling of dread that washes over you when standing at the baggage carousel after a flight. "Did my bag make it?"

In the last couple of years, another wrinkle has been added to the mix in the form of bag fees. In the past, if an airline lost, delayed or damaged your bag, you could get compensation. That's still true today, but what about that fee you paid just for the right to check your bag? Can you get that back? Click Here to continue.

Airlines Have Different Approaches On Bumping
 Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 Getting bumped from an oversold airline fight against your will is one of the most aggravating experiences in the frustration-filled world of airline travel. Thus, airlines are federally required to compensate travelers subjected to such a predicament and the mandated payout is about to go up. Click Here to continue.
Airline News

Delta Opens New Sky Club Lounges At Atlanta
 Source: Business Traveller
Delta has reopened its Sky Club lounge on Atlanta airport’s Concourse A following renovations, and will unveil a brand new lounge on Concourse D later this month.
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United Airlines Spends $500M To Improve Seats
 Source: AP
United Airlines plans to invest more than $500 million to improve seating on its planes and to create the same look and feel across its fleet. United and Continental merged last year and this is just one part of the two companies' integration. Click Here to continue.

U.S. Airlines Trim Service, Restrain Growth
 Companies are adding service only where travel demand justifies it
Source: Reuters
U.S. airlines, hoping to offset high fuel costs and potentially sagging travel demand, have taken a scalpel to their route structures once again.

The service reductions go hand in hand with another stated goal — adding service only where travel demand justifies it. These measures reflect a defensive posture by airlines in uncertain economic times, and show remarkable restraint for the once-bloated industry.
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Hotel News

How USA Today Slips $82 Million Onto Hotel Bills
 Source: Forbes.com
 People checking out of a hotel are usually in a hurry, whether on their way to catch a plane, return a rental car or get back to their families. Certainly they’re too busy to notice or care about a measly extra charge for 75 cents for an unrequested newspaper. Click Here to continue.

 
Car News

National Car Rental Launches "One Two Free" Promotion For Emerald Club Members
 National Car Rental has launched its ninth annual One Two Free Emerald Club promotion, providing registered Emerald Club members the opportunity to earn one free rental day for every two qualifying rentals (of two or more days) with National Car Rental. The promotion runs from Monday, Aug. 22 through Jan. 31, 2012. Click Here to continue.
Did You Know?

ADP Introduces App For Navigating Paris-CDG
 In July, Aero ports de Paris (ADP) began testing a free app for Android Smartphone users called “My Way” to assist passengers with getting around Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. Users can locate the nearest shops, restaurants and services, or get directions to their gate or other important locations. There are no roaming charges since it runs completely on Paris-CDG’s “WIFI-AIRPORT” network. Currently, it’s available in English and French for Terminals 2E & 2F, where the majority of Air France’s flights operate from, as well as those of its JV partners Delta, KLM and Alitalia.

Flier Comfort: Boeing 787 Myths And Facts
 Source: CNN
 The long-delayed and much-awaited Boeing 787 aircraft has finished testing and will see its first customer delivery next month to All Nippon Airways. Soon, you'll be able to hop on board this bird yourself, but would you even know it if you did? Click Here to continue.

Q&A: Finding Water At The Airport
 Source: MSBNC                                                                     
When Heather Snodgrass flies she likes to stay well-hydrated. But she’d rather not add to landfills by buying bottled water at the airport. “I usually see water fountains, but prefer to have a supply of water with me rather than take multiple trips back to a fountain.”
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