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8 Tips to Upgrade Your Airline Seat

The unfortunate reality of business travel today involves cramped economy seats, rental cars, and second-tier hotels. These treasured tips for bagging an upgrade on your ticket class at the airport may be just what you need to say so long to coach.

 

Looking for a Wi-Fi hot spot? Try 10,000 feet up

Looking for a Wi-Fi hot spot? Try 10,000 feet up

The days of being cut off from the Internet while you're on a plane are quickly disappearing.

 

China Quarantines Airline Passengers

China Quarantines Airline Passengers

Chinese health authorities have quarantined 164 of the 189 passengers and crew members aboard a flight from Mexico to Shanghai that carried a man now ill with the A/H1N1 flu virus.

 

U.K. Airline Under Fire for Wiping Israel Off Inflight Map

U.K. Airline Under Fire for Wiping Israel Off Inflight Map

Passengers were shocked to discover that Israel had been wiped off the map by Britain's BMI airline, which omitted the Jewish state from its digital charts on flights from London to Tel Aviv.

 

Passenger held after pounding on cockpit door

A Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Tel Aviv was diverted to Boston Friday after an unruly passenger rushed the cockpit.

 

Airlines allowing Mexico travel plan changes

Airlines allowing Mexico travel plan changes

Several major U.S. airlines are allowing customers to change travel plans to Mexico without any fee or penalty after a swine flu outbreak, but they said Sunday there had been no flight cancellations so far.

 

Delta to charge international fliers $50 for second checked bag

Delta to charge international fliers $50 for second checked bag

Delta, after a dismal first quarter, announces the fee, expected to bring in more than $100 million annually.

 

Delta no longer sending reservation calls to India

Delta Air Lines no longer is outsourcing reservation calls to India after years of complaints from customers who preferred to ...

 

How can a seat 'upgrade' lead to a worse location?

Traveler's Aide Linda Burbank takes up the case of a flier who paid extra for a seat only to find it was no better than his original ...

 

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