JetBlue, Singapore Airways Named Best

JetBlue, the low-fare carrier, got top marks in the Conde Nast Traveler’s 2007 Readers’ Choice Awards for the sixth year in a row.

The no-frills airline got top billing despite its well publicized problems with delays earlier this year. The award comes at a good time for the company, which had…

How to Get a Travel Visa

You already have your passport but you’ve recently learned that you may need a travel visa from the country that you wish to visit. Here are the basic steps that you need to take to obtain a travel visa so that your international travel goes smoothly:

Getting Flight Vouchers

Airline vouchers can be a terrific way to get a discounted rate on your airfare. In some cases, you can even get free air travel because the cost of the voucher covers the full cost of a ticket somewhere. And it’s nice because vouchers can be used at virtually any…

Lighters Allowed Back On Planes

In the ever-changing world of what we can and can’t take on a plane, August 4, 2007, brought a reversal of one rule, so that most kinds of cigarette lighters are now again allowed to be taken on to airplanes. The TSA has reversed its previous decision to ban them…

How To Get a Passport

If you’re thinking about international travel then your first step, even before picking up some lovely brochures, should be to apply for a passport. Due to the heightened security across the U.S. border, passports are required to travel just about anywhere and if they’re not required they’re highly recommended and…

Plan Now for Winter Passports

The new WHTI intiative that requires all US citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean via air to have a valid passport, has created havoc in US passport offices throughout the country. Those traveling by sea or land will be required to have a passport beginning in January…

Send Free Text Messages From KLM Planes

If you’re flying on Royal Dutch Airlines KLM during the next few months, make sure you take advantage of their free text messaging service. Because they’re introducing a revamped in-flight entertainment system, KLM has a special promotion in which the normal $2.50 cost per text message has been axed. Text messaging…

Flying Inside Australia Gets Cheaper

Until now, the Qantas Aussie AirPass was always the best deal for travelers visiting Australia and wanting to see a few different parts of this huge country. The deals vary, but you usually get two or three cities or stops in Oz included in your ticket, and you can buy…

10 Tips for Flying the Cheapest Skies

1. The best time to snatch up a cancelled or unpaid airline seat, is to book online shortly after midnight. Most airlines update their computers at midnight, so this is when they reopen last minute seats that customers have reserved but not paid for or cancelled.

2. By rule of thumb,…