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Airline descends to a new low: a death fee
Consumer ConfidentialWe all know that some airlines nickel-and-dime you with fees -- fees for baggage, fees for food, fees for blankets and pillows. But fees for death? Monrovia resident Jane Wilkens, 48, was looking forward to a getaway to Hawaii's Big Island this coming...Tags: Consumers, Air Transportation Industry, Family, Companies and Corporations, Air Transportation
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Airlines' fees for surfboards are dinging surfers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSwelling airline fees are wiping out traveling surfers' hopes of catching the next big wave. Some airlines are now charging surfers as much as $300 to take along a surfboard. That's significantly higher than the $15 fee that big carriers began charging...Tags: Continental Airlines, United Air Lines, American Airlines, Inc., FedEx Corporation, Air Transportation Industry
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Extreme amenities
A hotel in the Dominican Republic earlier this month inaugurated a new skateboard ramp. The hotel, eXtreme Cabarete, is on the north coast of the nation on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It's the first of what owner Bill Lee, a Los Angeles...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, WestJet Airlines Ltd., Southwest Airlines Co., Companies and Corporations, Dominican Republic
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Ideal isle? You're getting hotter
More than 5 million tourists land in the Hawaiian Islands each year, many of them looking for the real Hawaii. And sometimes they all seem to be at your resort. How do you find the real Hawaii? Start on the Big Island, the youngest of the main islands...Tags: Jack London, Restaurants, Family, Los Angeles International Airport, Rentals
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Desert hotel sprouts amid cactus forest
A $174-million resort — among the largest in southern Arizona, its owners say — is scheduled to open Jan. 17 in the high desert outside Tucson.
JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, with 575 rooms, offers the usual luxuries of mega-hotels: a...Tags: Holiday Vacations, Charity, Relief and Aid Organizations, Travel, Honolulu
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Getting in Touch With Airlines
The following is a list of selected national and international airlines that fly out of major cities in the United States. The phone number for reservations is followed by the number for the corresponding frequent-flier program. In some cases, an...Tags: Continental Airlines, United Air Lines, American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Frontier Airlines Inc.
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Getting in touch with airlines
The following is a list of selected national and international airlines that fly out of major cities in the United States. In some cases, an airline may not have its own mileage award program; for example, the frequent-flier phone number listed for...Tags: Continental Airlines, United Air Lines, American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Frontier Airlines Inc.
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Maui, just right
NAPILI BAY, Hawaii -- Near the golf courses, shopping malls and hotels of Kaanapali and Wailea, the two prime resorts on Maui's sunny western coast, there are places in-between, not so sprawling, pricey or perfectly arranged. Convention-goers and package...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Tour Operations Industry, Nature, Los Angeles International Airport, Rentals
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Airlines: Keep in touch
Following is a list of selected national and international airlines that offer flights out of major cities in the United States.
In some cases, an airline may not have its own mileage award program, and it may partner with another airline.
Note: "FF"...Tags: Continental Airlines, Air Transportation Industry, Frontier Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., Air France-KLM
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More miles for same rewards
Special to The TimesThey give with one hand, and they take away with the other. Those who play the frequent-flier game know that the rewards can be great. Book your ticket online and get 1,000 miles. Apply for a credit card and get several thousand more. Refinance your...Tags: Continental Airlines, Credit and Debt, American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Frontier Airlines Inc.
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The forecast for '05: another stormy year
Special to The TimesWhen we look at 2004, we find events and developments of greater-than-normal significance to travelers, including disasters, trends and economic changes. It's helpful in this, the first month of 2005, to review them and modify vacation plans accordingly....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Minority Groups, Market and Exchange, Gays and Lesbians, Hurricanes
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A few precautions for fliers in financially turbulent times
Times Staff WriterIt's déjà vu all over again: For the second time in two years, US Airways has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Yawn. United Airlines, the country's second-largest carrier, has been in Chapter 11 for more than a year; so has Hawaiian Airlines....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, United Air Lines, Crime, Law and Justice, Tour Operations Industry
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