Oklahoma State

Fox Business

AirHelp, a claims management agency, recently revealed which airports were the most likely to have disrupted flights last month. The worst offenders included Dallas and Houston.

These US airports are the worst to fly out of — see the list

Charlotte, NC

Axios Charlotte

Charlotte Douglas International Airport is one of the busiest in the world and officials expect record-breaking passenger traffic for the Fourth of July holiday.Why it matters: There are several big projects ongoing to modernize the airport, which means travelers have been experiencing delays getting in and out of CLT. By the numbers: The airport expects 1.18 million passengers between July 2-8, a 12% uptick compared to 2023. 191,000 of those passengers are expected to be local passengers departing from Charlotte, which is a 15.6% increase compared to last year, according to the airport.  Zoom in: Charlotte tied for 69th...

Passengers voice frustration with Charlotte airport

Hawaii State

Reader's Digest

I’ve flown countless times, but one fateful trip will forever stand—or should I say “strand”?—in my memory: I had just settled into my seat for a cross-country trip when a young woman with long blond hair sat down in front of me. After takeoff, she reclined her chair … and threw her hair over the back of the seat. It dangled over my screen, nearly to my tray table and the sandwich I’d just set there to eat. Despite all my efforts to gently tuck it back into her seat (and one attempt to talk to her about it), her hair stayed in my face for the entire trip. How rude!

These States Have the Most Polite Airline Passengers

Florida State

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Edmond Thorne

New Airline Refund Policies: A Breath of Fresh Air for Passengers, Nightmare for Airlines. Oakland Park, FL—The airline industry will undergo sweeping changes this summer as new refund policies take effect, promising to make air travel a more consumer-friendly experience.

Florida Travelers Rejoice: New Passenger-Friendly Airline Rules

Your bags are packed, you left early for the airport, and you can’t wait to get where you’re going. It’s a sunny day, and the views from your window seat should be ideal, letting you take in the views as you jet across the country. But then, when you’re almost through security, you’re stopped for additional screening. What was a morning of excitement is now an inconvenient situation.

What is a redress number for air travel?

Phoenix, AZ

The Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines put an unspecified number of employees on leave for their involvement in an incident in which several Black passengers were removed from a flight in Phoenix, allegedly over a complaint about body odor. American CEO Robert Isom wrote in a note to staff that the incident was unacceptable.  “I am incredibly disappointed by what happened on that flight and the breakdown of our procedures,” Isom said in the note this week. “It contradicts our values. … We fell short of our commitments and failed our customers in this incident.” Three Black passengers sued the airline last month, charging that they were removed from the January flight because of racial discrimination. They said they were told that a white male flight attendant had complained about an unidentified passenger’s body odor.

American Airlines CEO says the removal of several Black passengers from a flight was 'unacceptable'

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Georgia State

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Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

New York City, NY

The Mirror US

Passengers were met by medics after a Delta Airlines flight from Detroit to Amsterdam was forced to divert to JFK because people on board had been served 'spoiled' food

Delta Air Lines plane forced to make emergency landing at JFK after passengers served 'spoiled' food

Travel + Leisure

Dozens of new flight deals are available around the U.S.

This Airline Just Posted $21 Flights to Las Vegas, New Orleans, and More

The Independent

 A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight that was forced to turn around after a tire failed just after takeoff recalled the panic on the plane as travelers prepared for an emergency landing.“When the flight attendants said we were going to have an emergency landing, we started to panic a little bit. People were definitely crying and screaming and trying to console one another,” Julianna Donadio recalled to Fox 31.Southwest Airlines flight No 225 had just taken off from Denver International Airport around 6:30 p.m. on June 3 and was heading to Phoenix, Arizona, when the tire “failed,” according...

Passenger describes ‘crying and screaming’ during Southwest Airlines emergency landing after tire failure

New York Post

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said struggling no-frills rivals such as Spirit and Frontier are on a path to “going out of business” because of their poor customer service. 

The outspoken Kirby called out the airlines for their “flawed business model” — which draws passengers with ultra-low fares and then slaps them with charges for oversized carry-on bags that are sometimes higher than the plane ticket. 

He pointed to Frontier’s reported initiative to offer bonuses to gate agents who flag oversized carry-ons so they can charge passengers an extra $99.

“You can do it once, but you don’t get to do...

Low-cost airlines Spirit, Frontier ‘going out of business’ over poor customer service, United CEO says

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Modern air travel is often terrible. Cramped seats, tiny luggage compartments — the list goes on. Yet, most of us in those cramped seats actually have it far better than the folks strolling the aisles, who — at least on American Airlines flights — earn barely over $27,000 per year while forced to live in major metro areas, often sleeping in their cars to make up the cost difference.

American Airlines Flight Attendants Can't Afford Food, Shelter

Missouri State

(The Center Square) – Missouri will spend approximately $151 million in federal pandemic taxpayer funds to build a 208,000 square foot building for multiple state laboratories. The Multi-Agency State Laboratory Campus was funded by the General Assembly with money from the American Rescue Plan Act. The new building will...

Missouri using $176M in federal pandemic funds to build multi-agency laboratory

Orlando, FL

Thousands of Walt Disney World Resort guests are now stranded indefinitely at Orlando International Airport as storms cause significant flight delays and ground more than 200 planes. Here’s the latest update. Disney World Guests Stranded at Orlando International Airport as Storms Ground More Than 200 Flights. A departure delay...

Thousands of Disney World Guests Stranded at Major Orlando Airport as Storms Cause Delays, Grounded Flights

Washington, DC

I travel to 20+ countries a year sharing my firsthand knowledge of reward travel, travel credit card deals, travel tips and more. No doubt gun culture in the United States of America is out of control and things were only made worse after the pandemic. If you need proof, just look at the numbers provided by the TSA (Transportation Security Administration). According to their 2023 numbers, TSA “intercepted a total of 6,737 firearms at airport security checkpoints. Approximately 93% of these firearms were loaded. This total surpasses the previous year’s record of 6,542 firearms stopped at checkpoints and represents the highest one-year total in TSA’s history.”

TSA catches House member and others with guns in carry-on luggage at DC airports

Nevada State

(The Center Square) – Polling nationwide indicates that elevated inflation and the U.S. economy are right up there with the border crisis and immigration policies as the top issues on voters' minds heading into the November elections. The Center Square Voters Voice Poll in March 2024 of more than...

Nevada U.S. Senate candidates have differing views on inflation, the economy

Illinois State

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation that will require the state’s taxpayers to pay off the medical debt for thousands of Illinoisans. Calling medical debt a “uniquely American issue,” Pritzker is using $10 million in state funding in the new fiscal year to purchase the medical debt of up to 300,000 Illinoisans.

Pritzker signs medical debt forgiveness bill into law

Wisconsin State

Madison, WI

(The Center Square) – There is talk of tens-of-thousands of jobs, and billions of dollars in investments coming to Wisconsin over the next decade because of the state’s status as a regional tech hub. Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday said Wisconsin has been officially selected as one of...

Wisconsin nabs another $49 million as official regional tech hub

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Oklahoma residents have a new outlet for airline complalints

(The Center Square) - Oklahomans have a new place to file complaints about their air travel experience. Oklahoma is one of 18 U. S. states or...

Oklahoma residents have a new outlet for airline complalints

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