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CR's tips for holiday flying (sans sleigh).(airlines)
Air travel might not be merry this season. Passenger loads are at a record high, and at press time you could not even carry eggnog aboard unless you bought it after the security checkpoint.
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"I don't want to come back east for the holidays ever again," says Irene Zutell, a Los Angeles-based author. "First, you pack like you're camping, since the airlines are too cheap to feed you. Then they take your food and water away."
If holiday flying is inevitable, arrive early. As Edward Hasbrouck, editor of "The Practical Nomad" (www.hasbrouck.org), says, "I think people undervalue the catastrophic effects of missing their flight." Here are some other ways to improve your trip:
Be flexible. Changing your flight by even 24 hours can get you a lower fare and an emptier plane. Try flying on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, or New Year's Day, or on weekends before and after holidays. Avoid weekdays immediately before and after.
Get a passport. Effective Jan. 8, 2007, travelers flying from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and Central and South America will need a passport to re-enter the U. S. As of press time, sea and land border crossings were to be affected in 2008. Apply eight weeks in advance, or pay $60 more to get a passport within two weeks. Go to travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html.
Use approved locks. If Transportation Security Administration workers can't ...
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...com Phone: +1-888-SICILIANO (8/24/05) 4. EDWARD HASBROUCK, author of "The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around...abuse of those intimately revealing records." Hasbrouck: edward@hasbrouck.org Phone: +1-415-824-0214 (8/24/05) ROUND...
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...713/430-7300, charlie.leblanc@argis.com Mr. Edward Hasbrouck, of AirTreks.com, can comment on yesterday's air...Travel Marketplace (March 2001). 415/824-0214, edward@hasbrouck.org ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability...
