Consumer Traveler Today: Feb 5

Consumer Traveler Today: 10 questions most frequently asked by travelers
 
 
10 questions most frequently asked by travelers
What we’re reading: NTSB blames pilot error in Colgan crash, AA managers may fill in for flight attendants, NCL Olympic charter canceled, Superbowl ski deals
BA and Iberia get closer to merger
TSA budget: 1,000 more strip-search machines
Why the cheapest hotel room may not be your best deal

10 questions most frequently asked by travelers
Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:10 AM PST
When he made her reservation through Aeroflot’s Web site, his finger slipped — “I hit the ‘L’ key instead of the ‘K’ key” — and misspelled his wife’s last name (“Slirtenko” instead of “Skirtenko”). Should he be concerned?
       

What we’re reading: NTSB blames pilot error in Colgan crash, AA managers may fill in for flight attendants, NCL Olympic charter canceled, Superbowl ski deals
Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:00 AM PST
NTSB blames pilot error in Colgan crash, AA managers may fill in for flight attendants if they go on strike, NCL Olympic charter canceled because of low bookings
       

BA and Iberia get closer to merger
Posted: 03 Feb 2010 08:15 AM PST
It seems that merger talks are proceeding well between Iberia and British Airways. They are discussing February dates as possible days to sign a memorandum of merger. This merger will create a behemoth in the international airline industry.
       

TSA budget: 1,000 more strip-search machines
Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:15 AM PST
The Obama Administration announced their fiscal year 2010 budget proposal today. Under the administration’s proposal for DHS appropriations, the TSA’s annual budget would increase by more than a billion dollars from 2009 to 2011, with most of that going toward the purchase of “up to 1,000″ new virtual strip-search (”Whole Body Imaging” or, in the latest euphemistic language of the budget, “Advanced Imaging Technology”) machines.
       

Why the cheapest hotel room may not be your best deal
Posted: 03 Feb 2010 06:15 AM PST
Okay, sometimes it's simply all about a cheap, clean, comfortable bed and a good night's sleep. But often it isn't. And in a world of never-ending deals, in the mail, on the internet and elsewhere, it's important to know the difference.