
Free Wi-Fi, more baggage charges and On-the-Road intelligence
November 23rd, 2009 admin

By Joe Brancatelli HIGH-TECH TRAVELER Free Wi-Fi in the Air and the Airport: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and that means free Wi-Fi thanks to the folks at Google. The 800-pound gorilla of search engines will sponsor free Wi-Fi at more than 47 airports around the country until January 15. Google will also sponsor free in-flight on Virgin America flights . You can find all of the details here: http://www.freeholidaywifi.com Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport now offers free Wi-Fi service, but you’ll have to present your boarding pass …
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Wi-Fi will be free at 47 airports during the holiday season, thanks to Google. The search engine company is paying for the service at select airports through January 15. Get details . Related Orbitz resources: Airline tickets Hotels
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By Joe Brancatelli American Airlines is scrapping free blankets in coach on most flights . Starting May 1, the airline will sell an $8 package that includes a blanket, pillow and discount coupon from a home-goods retailer. Also new in the fee for all from American: a $50 fee to confirm standby travel . Only AAdvantage Elite, premium-class or full-fare-coach...

Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines are increasing their checked baggage fees. Effective today, a first checked bag on Delta flights will cost $23 each way; a second, $32 , for travelers who prepay on Delta’s Web site. Travelers who wait to check bags at the airport ticket counter, kiosk or curbside will pay more: $25 for the first bag...

By Joe Brancatelli The Canada Line has opened and slashed mass-transit travel time between Vancouver Airport and downtown Vancouver to 25 minutes. The airport station is in the Link Building between the domestic and international terminals. The train serves nine stops in Vancouver and four in suburban Richmond. Mexicana has shifted its check-in...

By Joe Brancatelli WEST COAST ROUTE MAP: A War for the Routes to Florida Virgin America says that it will launch flights to Fort Lauderdale from both Los Angeles and San Francisco beginning on November 18. JetBlue Airways promptly responded it would launch San Francisco-Fort Lauderdale flights beginning on November 19. Alaska Airlines says that...

American Airlines is the last of the so-called legacy carriers to increase its checked baggage fees. Starting with tickets purchased Feb. 1, checked baggage fees will go up to $25 for the first bag and $35 for the second . The fees apply to economy class flights within and between the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Certain...

By Joe Brancatelli Virgin America won’t launch its flights to Orlando from Los Angeles and San Francisco on August 19 after all. The airline claims it won’t have planes to service the route until at least the fourth quarter of the year. US Airways resumes Charlotte-Baton Rouge flights after a seven-year gap. The three daily flights begin…
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United Airlines is matching the increased checked baggage fees announced earlier this week by Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines. Starting Thursday, travelers who book economy class tickets for United flights on or after Jan. 21 will pay checked baggage fees of $25 (each way) for the first bag and $35 for the second . There is a discount...

US Airways is the latest carrier to increase its checked baggage fees. Effective today for flights on or after Feb. 1, checked baggage fees go up to $25 (each way) for the first bag and $35 for the second . Travelers who check bags in advance through the airline’s Web site pay slightly less : $23 for the first bag; $32 for the second. The...

By Joe Brancatelli INTERNATIONAL ITINERARY Back to the future of airline check-in in London : When Heathrow Express trains launched in 1998, the Paddington Station terminus offered airline check-in and checked-bag desks for major carriers serving London’s Heathrow Airport. Those desks disappeared after 9/11, but now some check-in services...
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