Flying Southwest?

Flights, Flights, Money, Planning, Refunds, Tickets, Travel Advice

This hack could save you hundreds of dollars. It can be frustrating to book a flight and then later see the same ticket on sale for significantly less. With most airlines, there’s nothing you can do about a fare drop except pout. If you’re flying Southwest Airlines,...

Don’t want to wait in the TSA line?

Flights, Travel Advice, TSA

Make a free reservation and skip the TSA line at these airports. Want to skip long airport security lines but don’t want to pay the fee for PreCheck? At some airports you can now make an online reservation and virtually secure your spot in line—for free! How Does It...

Flying Economy

Miscellaneous, Travel Advice

A flight across the Atlantic in 12 sketches. And now, for something completely different… Christoph Niemann, renowned sketch artist, documented his flight across the Atlantic in economy, one great drawing at a time.Fellow economy fliers, this man feels our pain....

Say cheese!

Documents, Passport/Visa, Travel Advice

Here’s how to take your own passport photo. After paying $17 for photo taken in front of a pull-down white shade in a Walgreens aisle and $79 for a “photo shoot” under lights and another pull-down white shade in a camera store, only to have both sets of photos...

More time to get real!

Flights, Travel Advice, TSA

The Real ID requirement for domestic flights is delayed again. If you’ve traveled through a U.S. airport the last few years, you may have noticed signs near the security checkpoint reminding passengers about changes to photo ID requirements as part of the Real ID Act....