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Beat the Crowds! AAA’s Ultimate Guide to July 4th Holiday Travel (Forecast & Advice)

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American Automobile Association (AAA) released its annual press release discussing the Independence Day holiday travel information.  Lots of good information in this press release.  First, 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home during the holiday week period (June 28th to July 6th). This represents an increase of 1.7 million […]

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Good News Story of the Day:  Delta Delivers for A Family Enroute to See a Dying Father

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Our friends at View From The Wing reported on a good feeling story.  The story is about a mother and daughter who were headed from Montana to Orlando to see their dying father (and grandfather).  As anyone who has been to Kalispell knows, you cannot fly to many places from their regional airport.  If you

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Be Careful, Airlines Are Selling Your Personally Identifiable Information to Homeland Security, ICE and Customs and Border Protection

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Our friends at 404 Media discovered multiple airlines have been pooling travelers’ data and selling it to the US Government.  The way it works is that the major US airlines (including Delta, Southwest, United, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, and European airlines Lufthansa and Air France, and Canada’s Air Canada) set up a that a

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TSA Has Approved Mobile Passport Usage for Domestic Air Travel

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From our friends at SF Gate, TSA approves the mobile passport in certain airports.  This supplements the mobile ID’s that the TSA started accepting last year.  The great thing is that with a mobile ID (either a state drivers’ license or your passport), you can pass through airport security and these id’s are REAL ID

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Silver Airways Ceases All Operations: What Travelers Need to Know

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We just learned that Silver Airways, the quirky, fuchsia-liveried airline ceased all operations as of June 11, 2025.  Silver Airways originally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 30 December 2024 but was unable to navigate their way through the restructuring process like so many other airlines.  As a regional carrier mostly flying its Caribbean routes

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Passenger Caught Stealing in Delta Sky Club, Advice to Protect Your Bags

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An interesting report from our friends at View From The Wing.  A 29‑year‑old Delta Air Lines passenger Joseph Johnson went straight from the Salt Lake City airport Sky Club to jail after reportedly stealing another passenger’s backpack from the lounge and then trying to seize a police officer’s gun when confronted over the theft.  As

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American Airlines’ Unforeseen Adventure: From Sky High to Bus Ride

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Follow Up on the American Airlines Flight to the Wrong Airport.  An American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Naples was forced to land at the Rome International Airport since it was too big for the regional Naples Airport.  Is approximately 145 miles from Rome to Naples.  American Airlines did not realize its mistake until the

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