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I take 'positioning' flights to save hundreds when I fly. This trick helps me get discounted business-class seats, too.

As a frequent flyer, one of my favorite ways to save money on airfare and get into business class o…

Jonathan DeLise   


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Southwest ditching its unassigned seat policy shows how budget airlines' business models are getting upended

Low-budget airlines are rethinking their business models as they face an uphill battle for not foll…

Dan DeFrancesco   


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Southwest is making big route changes as it prepares to reveal new details of its turnaround plan

Southwest reportedly plans to cut some 340 pilots and flight attendants at its busy Atlanta base as…

Taylor Rains   


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World Tourism Day: Here's where India is travelling to, and how you too, can join the bandwagon

Don't let your travel fund sit idle in a savings account. You can invest it in various short-term i…

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Problems keep piling up for budget airlines like Spirit Airlines — so get set to pay more

Spirit Airlines is reportedly considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as budget carriers seek …

Pete Syme   


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It's the end of budget airlines as we know them

Airlines have been forced to seek alternative revenue opportunities as tough economic conditions re…

Taylor Rains,Pete Syme   


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I spent 3 nights in Asia's least visited country. It also turned out to be the most expensive.

There are only two cities with flights to Timor-Leste. The author spent $500 on a two-hour flight f…

Marielle Descalsota   


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An aggressive man was restrained on a budget flight after he tried to kiss another passenger

An easyJet passenger who appeared to be drunk was restrained after acting aggressively and attempti…

Mikhaila Friel   


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Budget airlines like Spirit and Southwest are getting more desperate. You're going to hate it.

Low-cost airlines Spirit, Southwest, Frontier, and JetBlue struggling to turn a profit are scrambli…

Benjamin Zhang   


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I used points to upgrade my 13-year-old to business class on a long-haul flight and I may regret it

I use airline points to upgrade my seats, not my kids'. But I recently gave my tween his first tast…

Jill Robbins   


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The first ultra-low-cost airline using the Airbus A321XLR hopes passengers will choose to 'suffer the pain' of no-frills 7-hour flights

Ultra-low-cost carrier Wizz Air announced its first A321XLR route, betting passengers won't mind lo…

Pete Syme   


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Some airports were forced to use whiteboards to handwrite flight information due to the global IT outage

Belfast International Airport and Singapore Changi, around 7,000 miles apart, both resorted to low …

Pete Syme,Aditi Bharade   


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We bring our dog along on our work trips. We've had to nearly double our travel budget to do it.

Dog owners and content producers Paul Salley and Brianna Feehan spend 80% of their time on the road…

Erin Liam   


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The CEO of a budget airline said he flew on Singapore Airlines because his flights were full. People aren't buying it.

Not everyone believes AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes' explanation for flying on a rival airline this we…

Kai Xiang Teo   


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A man got trolled by Ryanair after proposing to his girlfriend on board one of the budget airline's flights

"Leah, blink twice for random seat allocation," Ryanair tweeted at Leah Louise King, after her boyf…

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan   


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I flew business class for the first time this summer. I worry it's ruined my perception of economy flights.

Insider's reporter flew first class for the first time in June, and felt utterly spoiled. Now, she'…

Jordan Parker Erb   


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This guy says he ended up taking a helicopter to JFK because he was running late for a budget airline flight to London

Kevin Droniak, who nearly missed his flight to London, said taking a chopper to the airport was sti…

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan   


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US flight prices are over $200 cheaper than they were 30 years ago when adjusting for inflation. Here's why it doesn't feel like it.

Americans think flying is too expensive, but we're actually living in the "golden age of cheap flig…

Jacob Zinkula,Madison Hoff   


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Hillary Hoffower   


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I worked as a flight attendant for 2 years. Here are 10 things passengers should stop wasting money on.

Flying isn't cheap, but flight attendants pick up tricks for saving money on everything from food a…

Arina Bloom