Traveling Light Into the New Year
The difference between a bag and baggage is the weight of the load. A bag won't slow you down. Baggage will. This year, will we begin fully loaded or loaded down?
The difference between a bag and baggage is the weight of the load. A bag won't slow you down. Baggage will. This year, will we begin fully loaded or loaded down?
www.gadling.com | Posted 12.23.2011
Ever wonder what happens to your bag after sending it down the tunnel behind the gate agent at the airport? The folks at Delta Air Lines just rele...
AP | Posted 12.20.2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The federal Transportation Security Administration says 12 security officers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport botched som...
George Hobica | Posted 02.15.2012
Ever wonder why airlines lose, delay and damage bags? We asked an airline baggage handler who, of course, spoke to us anonymously, what it's like in the belly of the beast and on the tarmac.
Maria Lin | Posted 02.04.2012
The end of the year is a great time to look back on the year and assess where some of your biggest "sunk costs" went, in terms of finances, time and energy.
Posted 01.07.2012
The tenacious cat that survived a two-month ordeal at an airport baggage facility this summer has finally succumb to his injuries and died after eutha...
Posted 10.22.2011
Baggage: we've all got it. For travel writers and editors it usually comes in the form of a black wheelie bag exhibiting numerous rips and scratches, ...
Christine Negroni | Posted 05.29.2011
Since the imposition of bag fees, airlines in the United States have earned more than $6 billion.
Mark Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011
I met my ex at the storage room last week. I took away a lesson in letting go. The storage room is in a nondescript concrete structure in Yonkers, a...
Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 05.25.2011
Spirit Airlines, the Florida-based budget carrier, announced this morning that it will become the first American airline to impose a fee for carry-on ...
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — Jerry Springer is reinventing himself again, this time as host of a dating game series. "Baggage," debuting next month on the Gam...
Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011
Though air travel is unavoidable at times, there are a few things responsible travelers can do to make flights greener.
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to permit passengers on the Amtrak passenger railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage. T...
WNBC.com, Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011
Luggage stacked up at John F. Kennedy International Airport today as American Airlines' baggage system malfunctioned and forced manual screening of lu...
Sonya Denyse | Posted 03.12.2012