Travelers United https://www.travelersunited.org/ Giving Consumers A Voice in Travel Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:47:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.travelersunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TULogo-32x32.png Travelers United https://www.travelersunited.org/ 32 32 One level of airline safety rules — that’s the mantra at DOT & FAA, unless … https://www.travelersunited.org/one-level-of-airline-safety-mantra-at-dot-faa/ https://www.travelersunited.org/one-level-of-airline-safety-mantra-at-dot-faa/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:06:46 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=119360 Major airlines and airline unions have protested the establishment of airline safety rules of semi-private airlines that skirt training and security rules followed by scheduled airlines. When this article was first published about airline safety rules and semi-charters, I thought the DOT’s response would be immediate. However, the problem got mixed into the federal bureaucracy […]

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]]> https://www.travelersunited.org/one-level-of-airline-safety-mantra-at-dot-faa/feed/ 0 National Consumer Protection Week happened — airline passengers didn’t notice. https://www.travelersunited.org/airline-consumer-protection/ https://www.travelersunited.org/airline-consumer-protection/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:06:06 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=88302 adding fuel surcharges post ticket salesThese seven airline consumer protection principles should guide airline consumer protection. Airline consumer protections were not included in the announcement of the National Consumer Protection Week, the aviaiton consumer groups and Travelers United need to speak out.

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]]> https://www.travelersunited.org/airline-consumer-protection/feed/ 0 No summer for a cruise https://www.travelersunited.org/no-summer-for-a-cruise/ https://www.travelersunited.org/no-summer-for-a-cruise/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:06:38 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=125233 no summer for a cruiseA vortex of outbreaks, accidents, and scandals have engulfed the cruise industry. Should you skip the ship? If you needed a sign that the universe wants you to skip a cruise this summer, here it is. There’s the MV Hondius, the Dutch expedition ship that limped into Tenerife last week after a hantavirus outbreak killed […]

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]]> https://www.travelersunited.org/no-summer-for-a-cruise/feed/ 0 4 reasons why your flight may take off late https://www.travelersunited.org/4-reasons-why-your-flight-may-take-off-late/ https://www.travelersunited.org/4-reasons-why-your-flight-may-take-off-late/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:06:19 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=117278 Airline delays are full of gray areas.  One of the most aggravating airline delays is when a traveler gets a notice from their airline or finds out online that a flight is seriously delayed. However, that delay notification is always followed by the disclaimer saying, “Please be at the boarding area for the regularly scheduled time, […]

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]]> https://www.travelersunited.org/4-reasons-why-your-flight-may-take-off-late/feed/ 0 10 hacks to prevent TSA airport security hassles https://www.travelersunited.org/10-hacks-to-prevent-tsa-airport-security-hassles/ https://www.travelersunited.org/10-hacks-to-prevent-tsa-airport-security-hassles/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:04:31 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=125310 TSA Security CheckpointI have 10 hacks to prevent TSA security hassles and individualized inspections, inadvertent test-positive results for explosives, theft, and being slowed or detained. A theft at TSA Security (Transportation Security Administration) at the Fort Lauderdale airport has come to light. A disabled male passenger with a prosthetic leg placed his bag, cellphone and black wallet into a TSA […]

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]]> https://www.travelersunited.org/10-hacks-to-prevent-tsa-airport-security-hassles/feed/ 0 Misbehaving passengers this summer (or anytime) make traveling unpleasant https://www.travelersunited.org/misbehaving-passengers-make-traveling-unpleasant/ https://www.travelersunited.org/misbehaving-passengers-make-traveling-unpleasant/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:06:34 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=116475 regret doing on a planeBoth airlines and passengers bear responsibility for the recent spate of misbehaving travelers. Airline passengers are normally nice folk with good manners. However, the airlines have taken advantage of passengers’ good manners and reduced safety in a drive to fit more passengers into planes. There are remarkably few misbehaving passengers given airplanes’ small (and getting […]

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]]> https://www.travelersunited.org/misbehaving-passengers-make-traveling-unpleasant/feed/ 0 Why baggage and mobility device handling reporting rules are important to passengers https://www.travelersunited.org/new-baggage-reporting-rules-are-important/ https://www.travelersunited.org/new-baggage-reporting-rules-are-important/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:06:54 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=92002 delayed checked-bag-fee refund rulesNew DOT rules are the end of a very long, step-by-step process to change the previous system that provided misleading statistics about an airline's handling of checked baggage and that provided no data for mobility device damages. Travelers United was one of the main protagonists in the efforts over the past nine years.

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]]> https://www.travelersunited.org/new-baggage-reporting-rules-are-important/feed/ 0 Summer road trip questions you never ask https://www.travelersunited.org/summer-road-trip-questions-you-never-ask-but-should/ https://www.travelersunited.org/summer-road-trip-questions-you-never-ask-but-should/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:00:44 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=125215 rental carSummer road trip questions you never ask (but should). My family’s summer road trip was less than an hour old when an unfamiliar orange exclamation point illuminated the dashboard of our Honda Pilot. We were merging onto I-95, a stretch of asphalt that exhausts even the most patient driver, and I panicked. I pictured us […]

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]]> https://www.travelersunited.org/summer-road-trip-questions-you-never-ask-but-should/feed/ 0 Chasing frequent flyer miles through frequent flyer programs? Not all miles you fly or buy are provided equally https://www.travelersunited.org/chasing-frequent-flyer-miles-not-all-miles-you-fly-or-buy-are-equal/ https://www.travelersunited.org/chasing-frequent-flyer-miles-not-all-miles-you-fly-or-buy-are-equal/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:06:51 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=125254 frequent mile programsThere are travelers and agencies out there who practically make a second job out of understanding frequent flyer programs and earning the maximum miles. In general, travel agents don’t work with miles, so most of us are not experts. But I have increasingly discovered that most travelers don’t know much at all about how the […]

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]]> https://www.travelersunited.org/chasing-frequent-flyer-miles-not-all-miles-you-fly-or-buy-are-equal/feed/ 0 Demand the FDA reforms sunscreen regulations to prevent skin cancer https://www.travelersunited.org/demand-the-fda-immediately-reforms-sunscreen-regulations-to-prevent-skin-cancer-now/ https://www.travelersunited.org/demand-the-fda-immediately-reforms-sunscreen-regulations-to-prevent-skin-cancer-now/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:04:37 +0000 https://www.travelersunited.org/?p=125286 U.S. sunscreen protection isn't preventing Americans from UVA radiation from the sun, the UV radiation causing many to have skin cancerMost sunscreens in the U.S. offer little, if any, UVA protection, the kind of protection needed to safeguard users from contracting skin cancer. Americans need to demand that the FDA changes that by reforming sunscreen regulations. The summer vacation season in the U.S. begins with Memorial Day weekend, which ended last week. For the next […]

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