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Beginning on May 5, Northwest Airlines joins United, US Air and Delta in charging $25 for a second checked bag each way. As with the other airlines, there are certain exceptions depending on your frequent flyer status and other factors.
Also in the additional fee category, JetBlue is now offering extra legroom at the front of […]

I just came back from a quick jaunt to Puglia. Having traveled the
entire swathe of the boot these 20-odd years, I can honestly affirm
(and at the risk of causing great controversy amongst my readers), that
Puglia boasts the best cuisine in all of Italy.
Certainly, it’s a hard choice: I am the proud owner of a […]

If the person next to you looks excited to be in the air during a commuter flight, he could be a plant! UK discount carrier Flybe was facing a $550,000 bill from Norwich International Airport for not making passenger quotas, so they hired 172 people to pose as passengers on their Dublin-Norwich runs.
At less than […]

Hey, did you hear about all the great coke in Colombia? It’s becoming the point of trips to the country rather than a sideline, says The Guardian:

It’s hardly shocking that some travellers in Colombia can’t resist trying the country’s most famous product, but it seems the drug is becoming a tourist attraction in itself. Just […]

Japan’s sakura are widely lauded as the most beautiful spring blossoms in the world–except, of course, in South Korea. On the other side of the East Sea–or as your map probably calls it, the Sea of Japan–Koreans are proud of their own cherry trees, and have several festivals celebrating the arrival of the blooming season.
One […]

So there are still a few teething problems for British Airways at the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow. But we’ve got a tiny piece of good news to go with all the woes of lost baggage and canceled flights.
BA had already announced that they would offer free WiFi in their lounges in Terminal 5, but […]

If you are about to plan your next holidays in Central and South America, it’s a must to have a look at Whole Travel, who’s mission is:
To provide the best travel opportunities to unique and authentic destinations that preserve the environment, support local cultures and promote sustainable lifestyles.

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We’d be lost without Google Docs. From piecing together itineraries to storing flight times and phone numbers, it’s a central part of our non-stop trip planning.
The only bad part is that you have to be online to use it. Well, that was the bad part. Starting today, the Google overlords will be rolling out offline […]

The arrival of a substitute teacher is usually cause for celebration, name-switching and tabletop football games breaking out in the classroom. Of course, if your sub is Tracey Flick, maybe you’d be more inclined to pay attention.
When Reese Witherspoon dropped in on a New Orleans classroom this week at the Children’s Defense Freedom Fund School, […]

Since we mentioned that Malaysia Airlines has great customer service, we’ve let them drift off our radar a bit in favor of upstart Malaysian LCC Air Asia, with its promises to spirit us across the whole world for nearly nothing.
And that’s a pity, because if we’d been paying more attention to long-term good performer Malaysia […]