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Chen told CNN he “felt sad, angry and afraid” after receiving such a call on July 21, when police told him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. When evening fell, he crossed the border into the Laos mountains, he told CNN – and by early August, he’d crossed the Mekong River and entered Thailand. Many Chinese dissidents do not feel safe in Thailand given the government’s often friendly links with Beijing, and in the past dissidents based there have turned up in Chinese custody. Soon after posting his video, Chen was taken for questioning by Taiwan’s immigration authorities and the Mainland Affairs Council, he told CNN. Laos lies across China’s southwestern border and has long been a common, albeit risky, exit point for Chinese dissidents trying to leave the country.

Persons: Taiwan CNN —, Chen Siming, Chen, Xi Jinping, “, ”, he’d, Beijing’s, Jiang Yefei, Dong Guangping –, Lu Siwei, Lu, Wang Dan Organizations: Taiwan CNN, CNN, United Nations, Refugees, Taoyuan International Airport, Chinese Communist Party, Communist Party, Mainland Affairs Council, UNHCR, Taiwan Affairs Office Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, United States, Canada, Thailand, China, Beijing, Laos, Guangzhou, Taoyuan, Hong Kong, West, Southeast Asia

☆ Opinion | College Sports Is Broken. Here’s What Must Come Next.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Jordan Acker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Many student athletes rarely have the chance to step foot in a classroom, attending their classes online and taking proctored exams in hotel ballrooms near the next game site. Say the Big Ten required its TV partners to share 30 percent of its revenues with its student athletes,. The N.C.A.A.’s rules on revenue sharing are driven by their members; this change will not come from the N.C.A.A.’s home base of Indianapolis, but from leaders at member institutions speaking frankly about the challenges to come. It must also take into account the input of student athletes, who are too often shut out of decisions that directly affect them. Make no mistake, the courts are judging the Big Ten Conference, and the other major N.C.A.A.’ conferences, on their behavior.

Persons: Iowa’s, Kirk Ferentz, Jim Harbaugh, Brett Kavanaugh, Alston, ’ Organizations: College, University of Michigan, University of Oregon, Delta Airlines, Big Ten Conference, Rutgers, University of Washington, Big, Big Ten Football Locations: Salt Lake City, Seattle, Detroit, London, Michigan, Ann Arbor, Indianapolis, America

Our experts answer readers' credit card questions and write unbiased product reviews (here's how we assess credit cards). AdvertisementAdvertisementI've learned a lot about how to make travel painless, and I always use a travel rewards credit card. Some travel credit cards even offer bonus points that apply when you book airfare directly with airlines. However, credit cards come with more robust protections when it comes to disputes thanks to the Fair Credit Billing Act. 5. Credit cards have zero fraud liabilityFinally, credit cards come with zero fraud liability, which is incredibly important when you're making pricey purchases online (e.g., buying airfare through an airline website or mobile app) and trying to prevent credit card fraud before it happens.

Persons: I've, There's Organizations: Service, ®, American, Delta, Federal Trade Commission Locations: Wall, Silicon, Delta

☆ Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Guts’ Is Her Second No. 1 Album
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Ben Sisario | More About Ben Sisario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Olivia Rodrigo’s new album, “Guts,” has a blockbuster opening at No. “Guts,” the second LP by the 20-year-old Rodrigo, becomes her second No. Rodrigo’s new album, which is also No. 1 in Britain, Canada, Australia and elsewhere, had 200 million streams in the United States and sold 150,000 copies as a complete package. Last week, Rodrigo announced a 75-date world tour to begin in February 2024.

Persons: Olivia Rodrigo’s, ”, ” —, Rodrigo, Taylor Swift’s, Morgan Wallen’s, Travis Scott’s Organizations: BTS Locations: United States, Britain, Canada, Australia

CNN —After enduring nearly a month of heartache and anxiety, a dog owner can finally rest after her missing dog was found safely at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on Saturday, according to airport officials. Delta Air Lines passenger Paula Rodriguez’s 6-year-old dog, Maia, was lost in August at the airport, which is considered the busiest in the world. They canceled her visa and told her she would need to return home on the next flight, Rodriguez previously told CNN. Paula Rodriguez poses with her dog, Maia, in a photo taken sometime before she was lost. Her worst fears faded on Saturday when Atlanta Airport officials announced Maia’s discovery three weeks after she was lost.

Persons: Paula Rodriguez’s, Maia, Rodriguez, “, ” Rodriguez, Paula Rodriguez, Paula Rodriguez “, we’re, ”, Maia’s Organizations: CNN, Atlanta’s Hartsfield, Jackson, Delta Air Lines, Punta Cana, Delta, City of Atlanta Department of Aviation, Jackson Airport, Atlanta Airport Locations: Dominican Republic, California, Atlanta, Punta, United States, Delta, Hartsfield

☆ 5 Hot Springs in Iceland That Aren’t the Blue Lagoon
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Lisa Abend | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Zheng brothers had stumbled onto the most Icelandic of experiences. With more than 600 natural hot springs, the volcanic island gets the better part of its heat and energy from geothermal sources. Of course, visitors like a good soak as well, a predilection that has helped make the milky turquoise waters of the Blue Lagoon, near the Keflavik airport, Iceland’s most popular tourist attraction. Luckily, there are numerous other outdoor geothermal pools in the neighborhood. All of these are within an hour or so by car from Reykjavik, and each has its own personality.

Persons: Lucas Zheng, Zheng Locations: Boston, Venice, Keflavik, Reykjavik

☆ Airline loses passenger’s dog at world’s busiest airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Paula Rodriguez is currently living that nightmare, after her dog, Maia, was lost by airport staff who were bringing her to her Delta flight at Atlanta airport – the busiest in the world. Rodriguez was flying from her home in the Dominican Republic for a two-week vacation in California with her six-year-old dog, Maia, on August 18. “They called a Delta agent, who took Maia from me,” Rodriguez told CNN. When we’d got there [to Atlanta] she’d puked with distress and had diarrhea. “I called Delta, Atlanta airport, even San Francisco.

Persons: CNN —, Paula Rodriguez, Maia, Rodriguez, “ didn’t, “, ” Rodriguez, she’d, we’d, ”, Paula Rodriguez Rodriguez’s, –, ‘ Let’s, ’ ”, Maia wasn’t, panicking, ‘ I’m, ’, Maia didn’t, Maia Hartsfield, Jeff Greenberg, Santo Domingo, “ I’ve, Rodriguez isn’t, Rodriguez’s, “ They’re, Jackson, they’d, we’re, Atlanta . Gale Organizations: CNN, Flying Delta Air Lines, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Passengers, Punta Cana, Jackson Atlanta International, Universal, Getty, Santo, Delta, “, ” Hartsfield, City of Atlanta Department of Aviation, Atlanta ., American Staffordshire, Pilots Locations: Atlanta, Dominican Republic, California, San Francisco, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, Punta, Francisco, United States, American

☆ I flew 20 hours from Australia to the US in United Airline's Polaris business class. The flight was a game changer and I'll definitely be flying it again — here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Rachel Dube | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Rachel Dube took a 20-hour flight with United Polaris business class. Dube says the flight went very quickly and she would fly United's Polaris business class again. A Polaris Business class seat. I found that it was a game-changer during the twenty hours spent flyingThis wasn't my first time flying United Polaris business class, but I found it helped me combat jet lag. Overall, I loved the space, comfort, and service onboard United's Polaris business class and I will definitely be flying it again.

Persons: Rachel Dube, Dube, I've, I'm, I, I'd, Sunday Riley, Riley toiletries, Rachel Organizations: United Polaris, Polaris, Morning, Newark Liberty International, United Airlines, United, Boeing, Brisbane International Airport, Air New Zealand, Star Alliance, Saks, Sunday, luxe, tote Locations: New Jersey, Brisbane, Australia, Europe, BNE, San Francisco, Newark

☆ The airline lost his bags. He crossed the Atlantic to find them
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Flying over, they had a 90-minute layover in London, which should have been enough – British Airways recommends an hour between flights. Plenty of travelers these days are packing tracking devices into their bags, meaning that they can see where their “lost” bags are when airlines drop the ball. Each day, buying clothes and toiletries when needed, the family logged into British Airways’ lost luggage system to see where their bags were. Searching for her own lost bags in Florence airport, she had seen theirs and, after noting details on the tags, wanted Bunce to know they were there. The British Airways system still told them that the bags had not been traced, but now they had a lead.

Persons: Brett Bunce, Bunce, Gwyn, Carolina, Bel Paese, she’d, Sandra Shuster, “, ”, Anne Johnson, Tim Clayton, Corbis, it’ll, ” Keen, He’d, you’d, he'd, Brett Bunce Bunce, – they’d, “ I’m, Aleandro, you’re Organizations: CNN —, British Airways, London Heathrow, United Airlines, Baltimore, Staff, Getty, American Airlines, Florence Peretola Airport, ”, CNN, FedEx Locations: Italy, Florence, Miami, London, Rome, Naples, Heathrow, Denver, Chicago, Colorado, Carolina, we’d, cobblestones

☆ American Airlines is suing Skiplagged, accusing the travel site of being a 'classic bait and switch'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Taylor Rains | Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

American Airlines filed a lawsuit against Skiplagged.com on Thursday. Both United Airlines and Southwest Airlines have sued Skiplagged.com in the past. American Airlines has had enough of Skiplagged.com. Then, Southwest Airlines filed a lawsuit against Skiplagged in 2021 after it showed the airline's ticket prices. United Airlines and travel booking Orbitz accused Skiplagged of costing them $75,000 in their 2014 lawsuit.

Persons: Skiplagged.com, Orbitz, Aktarer Zaman, Zaman, d3sign, Skiplagged, Dan Gellert, United, Charlotte —, Gellert Organizations: American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Morning, American, His North, Skiplagged, Delta Air Lines Locations: The Texas, Texas, Florida, New York, Charlotte, His, His North Carolina, American, Chicago, New York City, Southwest

☆ Whether You Call it ‘Skiplagging’ or ‘Hidden-City Travel,’ It’s Contentious
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Christine Chung | More About Christine Chung | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the last day of June, American Airlines agents at Gainesville Regional Airport in Florida canceled a North Carolina teenager’s flight after realizing that he had used a booking tactic called “skiplagging” or “hidden-city travel,” forbidden by airlines but used by some travelers to net flight bargains. He was forced to pay for a direct flight. Skiplagging is buying a ticket for a connecting flight, with a layover in the city that’s the real destination for the traveler. Often the fare is cheaper than if they’d actually bought a direct flight to their desired destination. Mr. Parsons said that American banned his son from traveling with the carrier for three years.

Persons: Hunter Parsons, Parsons, didn’t, they’d Organizations: American Airlines, Gainesville Regional, Flyers Locations: Gainesville, Florida, Carolina, Charlotte, New York

☆ Even Trump's PAC is skiplagging now
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump's political action committee has embraced skiplagging, according to federal campaign finance reports. Save America PAC used the tactic as it spent more than $21 million on legal fees. Airlines are increasingly trying to thwart skiplagging as passengers embrace the practice amid rising prices. While some of that money was routed back to Trump's super PAC, more than $21 million was spent on legal fees. A representative for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment about how the former president's orbit is using skiplagging.

Persons: Donald Trump's, SkipLagged, Joe Biden, Trump, Bobby Laurie Organizations: Save America PAC, Service, Trump, Trump PAC, Trump's, US Airways, Virgin America Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York

☆ A Year of Upheaval on Abortion’s Front Lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Kate Kelly | Marisa Schwartz Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

Erica’s pilots that day were volunteers with Elevated Access, a nonprofit set up last year to help people obtain abortions, often across state lines. In North Carolina, an anti-abortion, church-backed pregnancy center called Mountain Area Pregnancy Services confronted a harassment incident. Before Dobbs, the group’s abortion services operated on a budget of $20,000 per month. But the dearth of pharmacies willing to offer abortion medication meant that Honeybee soon became the main provider of the online-ordered, home-delivered pills. Abortion medication — which now accounts for more than half of abortions in the United States — produces roughly 40 percent of Honeybee’s revenue.

Persons: Wade, Health “, ”, Maren Hurley, Hey Jane, Jenice Fountain, Julia Rendleman, The New York Times Erica, ” Erica, Erica, Andy, “, Gabriela Bhaskar, Dobbs, Kelsea McLain, Roe, —, McLain, Yellowhammer, Fountain, Mike Belleme, Court’s Dobbs, Jeff Porter, Porter, ” Michelle Fenton, Ms, Fenton, Sharon Chischilly, Paddy, Rachael Lorenzo, Tracy Nguyen, Honeybee, Jessica Nouhavandi, Nouhavandi Organizations: Jackson, Health, Private, Yellowhammer Fund, The New York Times, Maryland —, D.C, Cessna, Fund, Birmingham, Pregnancy Services, The New York, Services, The New York Times Indigenous, Roe, Los Angeles Locations: Dobbs v, North Carolina, Hurley’s, Alabama, Louisiana, America, Minnesota, Twin Cities, Illinois, Maryland, Washington, Wisconsin, Birmingham, Ala, Asheville, N.C, Waynesville, New Mexico, Oklahoma , Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Culver City, Calif, Roe United States, United States

Planning ahead can save you money on baggage fees, food and even flight cancellations. Here are a few tips to help you save money while getting through the airport:1. Keep your luggage underweightThe baggage fee is bad enough — don't increase it by adding overweight baggage fees. Overweight baggage fees can go from $100 to $200 depending on the amount of the overage. A credit card with travel insurance can save you money on unexpected expenses due to flight cancellations.

Persons: I've, it's Organizations: Service, LaGuardia Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Charlottesville

☆ I bid to fly business class and won. It had great food and felt luxurious, but I wouldn't pay full price.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Anttoni James Numminen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I flew from London to Helsinki and snagged a bargain upgrade to business class for £75. I got priority boarding, a meal, and access to the business lounge (though I didn't end up going). Morning Brew Insider recommends waking up with, a daily newsletter. I was booked to travel, as usual, in economy class from London to Helsinki, with a short layover in Munich. Flying in business class on the return journey would have cost £400 to £600.

Organizations: Morning, Lufthansa Locations: London, Helsinki, snagged, Finland, Munich

☆ Opinion | This Summer Has Been a Travel Nightmare. Technology Isn’t Helping.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Summer is generally the busiest travel season of the year, and the Northeast, where I live, has been hit with consecutive weekends of severe thunderstorms, leading to thousands of flight cancellations. Dealing with the fallout of the cancellations is an additional fiasco on top of the already chaotic summer airport scene. At the risk of sounding like a hack comic — What is the deal with airlines? I tried to change that flight on my phone using the airline’s app, so I could get home sooner, but it and the airline’s website kept crashing. I went to the airport, but the gate agents told me they couldn’t reach the airline’s booking system, either on their computers or on the phone.

Locations: Savannah , Ga, New York, New York City, Atlanta

☆ I almost got banned from American Airlines for ‘skiplagging.’ I was terrified when my boarding pass was flagged and I’ll never do it again.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Alyshia Hull | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cassie Aran bought a hidden-city flight from Skiplagged. An American Airlines agent told Aran she would be banned if she missed the last leg of her flight. For example, I wanted to fly to Washington D.C., so I bought a plane ticket to Boston with a Washington D.C. layover. When I opened it, there was a note on my pass asking me to head to the ticket counter. She also said that if I didn't get on my flight to my final destination, I would be banned from American Airlines altogether.

Persons: Cassie Aran, Aran, Skiplagging, Alyshia Organizations: American Airlines, Washington D.C, Boston, D.C, Skiplagged.com, Alyshia Hull, ahull Locations: Washington, Boston, Skiplagged

☆ What Pan Am flight attendants did next
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Annita Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Pan Am has always been synonymous with glamor, and its flight attendants lived their opportunities to the max. Pan Am flight attendants doubled as ambassadors for the airline. Seven former Pan Am flight attendants tell us where they ended up. Memories live on, with many of us becoming members of World Wings International, a non-profit organization of former Pan Am flight attendants. Other former Pan Am flight attendants have unique ways of honoring the airline.

Persons: CNN —, Pan, ”, Camille Lewis, Camille Lewis Camille Lewis's, Camille Lewis’s, Mother Teresa, primatologist Jane Goodall, Michèle Bennett, ‘, Doc ’ Duvalier, Camille, Phillip Keene Phillip Keene, Phillip Keene, Keene, Andrew Eccles, John Gielgud, Tracey Ullman, hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, Huey Lewis, –, “, Buzz Watson, Karren Pope, Onwukwe, Susan L, Taylor, Coretta Scott King, Don King, James Brown, Linda Reynolds, Reynolds, Walter Cronkite, ” Reynolds, Joe, ” Penny Powell Penny Powell, Penny Powell, Powell, Elena Williams Elena Williams, Elena Williams, Williams, John F, Kennedy, Jr, “ I’m Elena Sugarman, ” Annita Thomas Annita Thomas, Annita Stokes Thomas I, jetsetting, I’d, Thomas, Annita Stokes Thomas, William Tolbert, Kurt Strumpf, David Hinson, David Jeffery, Oprah’s, Linda Little Freire, Pan Amer Organizations: CNN, Pan American World Airways, Boeing, Pan, LA, Hollywood, JFK, “ Clippers, JFK Jr, Metropole Hotel, Roberts, Pan Am, “, World Wings, Pan Am Museum Foundation Locations: Rome, Rio, Pakistan, Rio de Janeiro, Nairobi, Caesar’s Beach, Liberia, Saudi Arabia, Haiti, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, California, London, Amsterdam, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, Dakar, Senegal, La Guardia, Pan, Maryland, Pan Am, Dhahran, Vietnam, Spanish, Chicago, Memphis, Tokyo, West, East Africa, South Georgia, JFK, Narita, Georgia

☆ Airlines are mad about 'skiplagging.' They have themselves to blame.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Airlines hate the practice of skiplagging, which lets passengers strategically get cheaper flights. The airlines also don't guarantee you'll make your connecting flight, so why should you be required to take it? Instead of heading on to point C, they just stop in point B, skipping the last leg of the booked trip. If you engage in skiplagging, or miss one leg of your flight, they can cancel your entire booking — including your return flight. All things considered, it seems airlines have themselves to thank for skiplagging.

Persons: Henry Harteveldt, It's Organizations: Research, BBC

☆ Airlines have tried to fight the computer whiz who popularized 'skiplagging' in court. Their lawsuits have been either thrown out or settled.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

United and Southwest Airlines have both previously filed lawsuits against Skiplagged CEO Aktarer Zaman. Airlines like United and Southwest have tried to fight the computer whiz whose website Skiplagged helped popularize the idea. However, the airlines' lawsuits against Skiplagged CEO Aktarer Zaman have been either thrown out or settled. Southwest went after Skiplagged with a lawsuit in 2021In 2021, Southwest Airlines took at turn going after Skiplagged. "Neither Skiplagged nor Kiwi is authorized to display Southwest fares or sell Southwest flights," the airline's lawyers wrote in the suit.

Persons: Aktarer Zaman, Skiplagged, Orbitz, Zaman, United, Kiwi.com Organizations: United, Southwest Airlines, Skiplagged, Morning, Zaman, CNN, Southwest, Atlanta News Locations: Southwest, Chicago , Illinois, New York City, Texas

☆ 'Skiplagging' to save money on plane tickets is only possible because airlines are breaking one of the basic laws of geometry
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Andy Kiersz | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That means buying cheaper tickets with a layover in their actual destination city instead of a direct flight. This only works because air fares violate the "triangle inequality," one of the basic laws of geometry. One of the most basic laws of geometry is something called the "triangle inequality." But that clearly is not always the case, and that violation of the triangle inequality is what makes skiplagging possible. If airlines want to fight skiplagging, a good first start would be making airfares into a geometrically-accurate metric.

Persons: skiplagging, Brian Hayes Organizations: Flyers Locations: layover, New York, Amsterdam, London

☆ Dozens of federal lawmakers are pushing for more flights to a DC-area airport, a move that would drastically improve some of their commutes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A bipartisan group of lawmakers want major flight changes at Reagan National Airport in Virginia. Many lawmakers want to see the 1,250-mile perimeter restriction for round-trip flights relaxed. But some members of Congress argue that Reagan National is already under immense strain. But members of Congress also have a huge personal motivation for increasing the number of flights at Reagan National: the location. The prime location makes Reagan National the preferred airport for most lawmakers, but any route alterations would require changing a law which currently blocks long-haul flights of over 1,250 miles to or from the airport.

Persons: Ronald Reagan, Democratic Sen, Jon Tester, Montana, Tester, Blake Moore of, Virginia aren't, Abigail Spanberger, I'm Organizations: Reagan National Airport, Reagan, Service, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Reagan National, Capitol, Washington Metro, DC, Washington Dulles International, Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Delta Air Lines, Federal Aviation Administration, The New York Times, Democratic, Times, Great Falls International, Washington DC, GOP, Delta, American Airlines and United Airlines, The Times Locations: Virginia, Wall, Silicon, Ronald Reagan Washington, Arlington , Virginia, Washington, Baltimore, Montana, Great Falls, Great Falls , Montana, Denver , Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Blake Moore of Utah, Maryland, Austin , Texas, Seattle

☆ One of Philadelphia’s top chefs met her future husband on a plane. And then they traveled the world together
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Kate Springer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —Chutatip “Nok” Suntaranon still remembers the moment she first saw Ziv Katalan in vivid detail. Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon and Ziv Katalan visit Barcelona in 2010. Courtesy Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon and Ziv Katalan“It’s kind of an attraction of opposites,” says Katalan. Courtesy Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon and Ziv Katalan“That’s how we maintained a global relationship for 1.5 years. Named after the chef’s mother, Kalaya showcases the complexity and vibrancy of the food Suntaranon grew up eating in Trang, a small city southeast of Krabi in southern Thailand.

Persons: Ziv, Suntaranon, “, Katalan, Ziv Katalan, ”, Katalan didn’t, “ Nok, –, David Bouley, ” Suntaranon, Kalaya, Michael Perisco, ‘, ’ ”, ’, didn’t, Milan –, ” Katalan, New York –, Georges, Titi, “ Ziv, Sutaranon, Bella, Mike Prince Suntaranon’s, James Beard, Mike Prince, Kenya – Organizations: CNN, Thai Airways, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, CNN Travel, New York City, Museum of Modern Art, MoMa, Times, Time Warner Center, Katalan, of Culinary Education, French Culinary Institute New York, Jean, Wharton Locations: Bangkok, New York City, New York, Southern Thailand, Rome, Barcelona, Philadelphia, Mexico, Italian, Midtown, York, Thailand, Masa, Central, Trang , Thailand, Asia, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Nha Trang, Los Angeles, London, Tel Aviv, Frankfurt, Paris, Ireland, SALA, Thai, France, Trang, Krabi, “, Morocco, Italy, Spain, Kenya, Baltic, India, Colombia

☆ How the Internet Made Flying, Flight Delays, Hidden Airline Fees Worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Gad Allon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Comparing airline prices, fees, and schedules on your own has become standard procedure. And they've introduced a complex system of additional fees, often hidden, for services that used to be included in the ticket price. In order to give that flight the appearance of being on-time, the airline might list the flight duration as three hours. This practice allows airlines to improve their on-time performance and reduce the risk of delays while ultimately boosting cost efficiency. Since everyone became their own travel agent and airlines began fiercely competing over price and on-time performance, airlines have shifted their focus.

Persons: They've, Itai, Eugene Orlov, it's, Orlov, Vinayak Deshpande, Mazhar Arıkan, Jan, Van Mieghem, Yuval Salant, Dennis J, Zhang, Louis, Gad Allon, Jerome Fisher Organizations: Google, Airline Industry, Tel Aviv University, Spirit Airlines, Ryanair, University of North, University of Kansas, Northwestern University, Washington University, Jerome Fisher Program, Management, Technology, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Locations: Ater, US, Ireland, University of North Carolina, St

☆ From selecting the perfect seat on a plane to carpooling with colleagues, 4 experts share how they get work done while traveling
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Mariette Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

To find out how to make the most of downtime during work travel, Insider spoke to four experts about how they maximize their commutes. Voiceover artist Vanessa James said, "I use lounge access as a strategic part of my travels. If you don't have airport lounge access, buying a day pass is a good option if your wait time is going to be long. Business law professor Robert Bird says he doesn't opt for lounge access when he travels, and he only needs a quiet corner to be productive. Long car rides with colleagues to a work event or conference can also be a good time to brainstorm or collaborate.

Persons: —, Vanessa James, Kristin Marquet, Robert Bird, Ryan Matzner, James, Matzner, Marquet, Bird Organizations: Service, Marquet Media Locations: Sedona, Phoenix

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