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CONSUMER ALERT: Airlines can get you there on time — but don’t expect good service

The latest customer service scores are abysmal. But one airline is bucking the trend.
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Attention passengers: Your airline rights are being canceled
Inside the industry's sweeping plan to eliminate refunds, scrap fee transparency, and make your family pay to sit together
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Paris Confidential: The podcast about nothing (well, almost nothing)
In this episode: We spent more than two weeks in capital of France but we avoided touristy things. Here's what we did — and didn't do. (Recorded 9/11/25…
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Would you visit America now?
In a surprise development, the world’s biggest travel market is projected to shrink this year. Has the United States rolled up the welcome mat?
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CONSUMER ALERT: U.S. drops proposed airline compensation rule
The government would have required airlines to compensate you for flight delays. Here's what it means for your next trip.
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Are you becoming the passenger everyone hates?
By removing seatback screens, airlines unleashed a cacophony of leaky headphones and bright laptops. Here's how not to be part of the problem.
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Loire Valley Confidential: Our visit to a French Château
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