NEW YORK -- U.S. airlines were less likely in 2012 to lose your suitcase than at any other point in the last two decades, the government announced Tue...
The fact is that the everyday-ness of today's airports is exactly the opposite of what we flyers need. Don't wall us off, you builders, from where we are and what we are about to do. We may be frightened but we are not dumb.
If it's any old travel gift you want, turn to the inimitable Skymall, that wondrous purveyor of the quasi-useful, the often-tacky and the occasionally...
Aside from the fear of never seeing my luggage again, the other reason I don't check bags is because I loathe waiting for them when I finally arrive at my destination. So I was really interested to hear that American Airlines is now offering baggage delivery to its passengers.
I travel fairly often and find myself reflecting on different aspects of life against the backdrop of airports, taxis, and baggage carousels. This poem came while traveling to Chicago. I wrote it for a friend who was in the middle of a life crisis
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?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The federal Transportation Security Administration says 12 security officers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport botched som...
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.
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.
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...
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, ...
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...
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 ...
Luggage stacked up at John F. Kennedy International Airport today as American Airlines' baggage system malfunctioned and forced manual screening of lu...