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Weather Grinch: Check Your Travel Plans

RSS Flights — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:44:52 +0000

December 2011: Across the USA weather systems are potentially snarling holiday air travel plans with delays. Issues ranging from high winds on Friday affecting flights headed to and leaving Newark, New Jersey and New York’s LaGuardia airport, according to the FAA.
The snow could pose a problem in Minneapolis and is already on the ground in New Mexico where interstate highways were forced to close, up to 8 inches of new snow is forecast for elevations above 7,500 feet.

Traveling with Food or Gifts for the Holidays

RSS Flights — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:35:05 +0000

Everyone has favorite foods from home that they want to bring to holiday dinners, or items from their destination that they want to bring back home. Here’s a list of liquid, aerosol and gel items that you should put in your checked bag, ship ahead, or leave at home if they are above the permitted 3.4 oz.
Cranberry sauce
Cologne
Creamy dips and spreads
(cheeses, peanut butter, etc.)
Gift baskets with food items
(salsa, jams and salad dressings)
Gravy
Jams
Jellies
Lotions
Maple syrup
Oils and vinegars
Perfume
Salad dressing
Salsa
Sauces
Snowglobes
Soups
Wine, liquor and beer

You can bring pies and cakes through the security checkpoint, but please be advised that they are subject to additional screening. And Remember! – do not wrap gifts you’re taking on the plane. Security officers may have to unwrap gifts if they need to take a closer look. Ship wrapped gifts ahead of time or wait until your destination to wrap them.

Body Piercings and Security Screening

RSS Flights — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:51:29 +0000

Everyone who travels by air goes through airport security checkpoints. These checkpoints are operated by Transportation Security Officers from the Transportation Security Administration.
Piercings are allowed, but may alarm the metal detectors. Ideally, remove body piercings before security screening.
TSA Security Officers have to identify any metal that is detected at the checkpoint. If you set off the alarm, you will undergo additional screening. This includes a hand-wand and pat-down inspection.

Hurricane Irene: East Coast Travel Watch

RSS Flights — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:08:58 +0000

Travelers and airlines are watching the projected path of Hurricane Irene. As the storm gets closer to the United States the least to be expected are airport delays, however the path and strength of the storm might call for a complete change of your travel plans.

Carry on Tip – Gel Shoe Inserts

RSS Flights — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:43:49 +0000

Did you know that Gel shoe inserts are not permitted as carry on, but shoes constructed with gel heels are allowed. Just prepared when going through security because those shoes must be removed and screened.

If you are taking Gel shoe inserts on your trip, you are allowed to check them, just pack them with your luggage. Check for more TSA security rules here

TSA Child Pat-Down Policy Change

RSS Flights — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:47:48 +0000

Airport security screeners must try to avoid invasive pat-down searches of children. The announcement was made by TSA Administrator John Pistole at a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing. The security procedure has been under fire from travelers for some time but triggered public outrage in April, when a video showing a pat-down of a 6-year-old girl at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was circulated. The agency says it will instruct airport screeners at checkpoints how to make repeated attempts to screen young children without invasive pat-downs.

Please Empty Your Pockets

RSS Flights — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:09:54 +0000

No it’s not a new security measure. Just one more airline fee being added to a long and growing list. Florida-based Spirit Airlines has announced it will charge a $5 fee for passengers who ask an agent to print their boarding pass at the airport.

Get paid for short delay in your travel plans

RSS Flights — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:24:48 +0000

Get paid for giving up your seat and still get where your going.

Imagine volunteering to be bumped from your flight and rebooked, and being given a travel voucher of a few hundred dollars when you check in, instead of at boarding.

From CNN.com, read their post called..How to outsmart the airlines

Flight Delays, Cancellations Spreading

RSS Flights — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:25:01 +0000

More delays and cancellations are expected to mount into Wednesday (Jan. 12) as two storms converge over the Northeast.
As of 6pm(est) Jan 11, 2011 in the mid-west, Due to weather ( SNOW-ICE), there is a ground delay Program in effect for traffic arriving Chicago OHare International Airport, Chicago, IL (ORD). This is causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of 3 hours and 25 minutes.

Flight delays, cancellations, Follow these Tips

RSS Flights — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:39:07 +0000

Learned to deal with the inevitable. Tips on how to troubleshoot after flight delays, cancellations.