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Flights
Whether the problem is weather or staffing, refund rules apply to flight cancellations and delays
by
Henry Epp
Sep 2, 2024
Federal rules require that if your flight is canceled, the airlines have to provide an automatic refund in your original payment form.
Passengers' rights as software outage continues to disrupt flights
Jul 23, 2024
The effects of Friday's CrowdStrike software outage rumble on but passengers have a right to some compensation if their plans were disrupted.
Why do airlines set weird departure and arrival times?
by
Janet Nguyen
Aug 25, 2023
Forget “the logic of the clock.” The airline is thinking about the airplane, not the customer, one expert told us.
This summer's travel crowds are expected to be record-setting
by
Henry Epp
May 22, 2023
AAA expects Americans will break the travel records they set the year before the pandemic started.
When’s the best time to buy plane tickets?
May 15, 2023
Google's piloting a new, free price drop guarantee. Why, and how useful is it?
A shortage of air traffic controllers is forcing airlines to cancel flights to and from NYC
by
Henry Epp
Apr 28, 2023
The FAA has asked airlines to give up precious landing slots.
Airports unveil big renovations just as summer travel ramps up
May 26, 2022
And they're investing heavily in public art and public space.
For public good, not for profit.
As U.S. and China bicker over flights, the market "is dead"
Feb 16, 2022
The two countries canceled 44 flights, tit-for-tat style, in January. But few people are flying between the U.S. and China anyway.
Flight attendant union chief on what the pandemic means for the larger labor movement
Dec 30, 2021
Flight attendants have become frontline workers themselves, facing many obstacles at the nexus of the pandemic and travel.
Travel industry uses lessons from past COVID waves to deal with omicron
by
Justin Ho
Dec 27, 2021
Like how to reduce contact, reschedule flights and handle the unexpected.