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NWA starts charging today for first checked bag

August 28, 2008

NWA starts charging today for first checked bag | Star Tribune (Thanks, Dave)

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Delta is Ready with New Fees for Frequent Fliers

August 18, 2008

Delta is Ready with New Fees for Frequent Fliers | Mouse Print

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Government To Airlines: Improve Customer Service Or Else

August 3, 2008

[Chinese] Government To Airlines: Improve Customer Service Or Else | Consumerist

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Delta Makes Woman With Muscular Dystrophy Crawl Off Plane

July 29, 2008

Please please please Sun Country expand your service so I don’t have to fly Delta when they take over Northwest’s routes in Minneapolis. Delta Makes Woman With Muscular Dystrophy Crawl Off Plane | Consumerist

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Are airline kiosks safe?

July 29, 2008

Are airline kiosks safe? | Red Tape Chronicles

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Travel light: fees for extra luggage multiply like crazy

April 28, 2008

Starting May 5th, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United, and US Airways are limiting coach passengers to one checked bag per passenger. No biggie if you travel light anyway. Business and first-class passengers will get an extra bag or two, but beware of the excess luggage fees.

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Airplane passengers not entitled to food, water, clean toilets, and fresh air

March 25, 2008

Last year, New York passed its New York State Passenger Bill of Rights which, among other things, requires an airline to provide food, water, clean toilets, and fresh air to passengers trapped in a plane delayed on the ground. The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals put the kibosh on the brand-new Passenger Bill of [...]

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Overbooking endangered by the Bush Administration(!)

November 16, 2007

Airlines have given consumers a record number of delays this year, due in large part to rampant overbooking. In response, the Transportation Department has proposed a new rule increasing the “bump fee” that airlines must pay to passengers who are bumped due to overbooking. The rule would require the airlines to pay $400 (up from [...]

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