Senators on Wednesday slammed increasing airline fees for baggage and seat assignments, saying carriers are looking for new ways to extract more money from passengers. saw Richard Blumenthal, who chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, attack the carriers in a hearing with executives from American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines and Frontier. … Read more
Budget carrier Frontier Airlines said Tuesday it will offer first-class seats to attract passengers willing to spend more. Frontier previously added more seats with extra legroom and business fares targeted at small companies. Other budget carriers have also targeted higher fares. In August, Spirit Airlines began offering intra-European-style business class seats with a guaranteed blocked … Read more
It’s the holiday season, which means people are traveling at higher rates – and paying a lot to do so. Luckily, Esther Sturrus, a flight attendant who shares her knowledge on TikTok, has revealed her top tips for scoring a cheaper flight during this busy season. Esther Sturrus, a flight attendant, shares her insights on … Read more
Bite or flight? A Jet2 flight was forced to turn back after a drunken passenger named Lewis Howarth staggered in the aisle and called a flight attendant a “d-kh-d” for telling him to fasten his seat belt, among other things. Details of the rampage emerged at a hearing at Manchester Royal Magistrates’ Court. “I will … Read more
United Airlines said Tuesday that an acute shortage of air traffic controllers was causing “significant disruption” to travelers at its busy hub in Newark, N.J., outside New York City. The airline said the Federal Aviation Administration has been forced to reduce traffic flows at Newark’s hub due to understaffing on 12 of the first 25 … Read more
Passengers, you have been warned. A flight attendant named Kat Nesbitt shared a two-minute TikTok listing the five things she wishes people would stop doing on planes. The first was yoga in the back galleys. “Now I understand that flights can be long, and sometimes you have to get up, lie down, walk around, get … Read more
He has managed to play with the seat reservation system. Choosing plane seats can be a pain – but travel influencer Jordan Tually says he’s come up with a way to avoid getting stuck in the middle seat without paying a fee. “This travel hack has saved me from MANY middle places over the years,” … Read more
A new report from Booking.com offers insight into key travel trends for the coming year, with many travelers going beyond sightseeing. The annual travel forecast report for 2025 highlights the “passport for life” trend. “Vacations in 2025 will go beyond relaxation, evolving into life-enhancing travel focused on health and wellness,” says Booking.com’s website. Fifty-two percent … Read more
A photo of a banned plane seat has garnered a lot of attention online after a confused passenger took to Facebook to ask why the seat next to him was mysteriously off limits. The middle seat in the back row of a Croatia Airlines Airbus A220-300 (seat 31E) has a stern message sewn into the … Read more