New rules to protect airline passengers have taken effect
Listen Now On the Saturday, November 2nd edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, passenger air service may be returning to the Chico airport in 2025, and the pioneering airline executive who first said no smoking on my planes (Northwest) has d...
November 2, 202445m 31s
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Show Notes
Listen Now
On the Saturday, November 2nd edition of The Travel Guys…
- In the Travel News, passenger air service may be returning to the Chico airport in 2025, and the pioneering airline executive who first said no smoking on my planes (Northwest) has died.
- New rules to protect airline passengers in the event of long flight delays or baggage you paid the airlines to transport, but didn’t show up, have taken effect. Mark goes over them to help make you a smarter traveler the next time your travel doesn’t go the way it should have.
- It was a bad week for the airlines. A senate bill to regulate loyalty programs popped up, plus the department of transportation has launched an investigation into competition, airfares and a host of things the airlines do not want to discuss. But we do……
- Odds and Ends include some humorous advice for flight attendant wannabes, and the discovery that one demographic of traveler is absolutely exploding in numbers. Who might that be?
Highlights
- New airline refund rules
- Europe’s best time to visit
- Sacramento Valley Cemetery Honors Those Who Served at Christmas
- Make a donation to the Wreath Project at PO Box 773, Winters, CA, 95694 or click here for online donations
- Airport landing so tough only a few dozen pilots can do it
- The Cow Story – just for laughs
- These are the 10 dirtiest cruise ships, according to the CDC — including an ultra-luxury vessel
- Rick Steves on Travel and Climate Change
- Air Travel Rights for much of your European Travels
- Renew your US Passport online here
- Online passport renewal is now open for most adult Americans
- Galapagos Islands Information
- Halloween in Salem, MA
- Fly Back In Time At America’s Earliest Airports
- How to not be deceived by airline seating hanky-panky
- When airline passengers can get refunds on non-refundable tickets
- Spooky Road Trips
- The Poodle Booked It – CCCs of River Cruising
- The Poodle Booked It – River Cruising Escapades
- The Poodle Booked It – More Information
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Tour
- Check parking lot availability at the Sacramento International Airport before leaving home
- Sacramento International Airport Availability Map
- Elliott.org – Chris Elliott