Checking In
- Barbara Correa - Checking out: Barbara's final blog entry covers JetBlue's new promise. - Barbara Correa - Have you been unfairly put on the no-fly list? If so, take a TRIP. - Barbara Correa - A nursing mother gets harangued by airport security in Las Vegas. - Barbara Correa - Religious road warriors don't have to leave their faith at home. - Barbara Correa - William Shatner recently portrayed a lawyer fighting to get his name cleared from a government terrorist watch list on the prime-time TV drama "Boston Legal." But there are plenty of real cases of travelers being misidentified on watch lists, and few of them have experienced the happy Hollywood ending Shatner's character did. - Barbara Correa - When purchasing a flight for a prospective business partner or employee, keep in mind that that once it's paid for, that trip becomes the property of the person it was purchased for. - Barbara Correa - A foodborne scourge is fast becoming an unwanted hotel guest. - Barbara Correa - The Registered Traveler program, which allows screened participants to go through a special, faster security line, posted a mixed performance this week. On the positive side, the program officially opened for business at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday. - Barbara Correa - What do you do when you're stuck in plane that's sitting on a tarmac? - Barbara Correa - Avis may offer wireless hotspot devices for its rental cars this spring. - Barbara Correa - Should the U.S. throw money at victims of holiday travel hell? - Barbara Correa - The U.S. was not the only place that weathered holiday travel disappointment. - Barbara Correa - I received more than 800 messages responding to a Dec. 11 post about in-flight behavior. Many of the emails travelers sent were filled with a level of anger and sarcasm that says a lot about the state of airline and airport service at the end of 2006. - Barbara Correa - One of the major developments in travel this year is the a la carte pricing concept that has been creeping its way onboard ever since Northwest said last March that it would charge $15 for extra legroom. Several stories broke this week that show the pay-per-perk concept is here to stay. - Barbara Correa - Flights would be smoother if fellow passengers followed these ten basic rules for airport and in-flight civility.
