Righting the no-fly list
(Barbara Correa)
Barbara Correa - William Shatner recently portrayed a lawyer fighting to get his name cleared from a government terrorist watch list on the prime-time TV drama "Boston Legal." But there are plenty of real cases of travelers being misidentified on watch lists, and few of them have experienced the happy Hollywood ending Shatner's character did.
Business buyer beware of nonrefundable flights
(Barbara Correa)
Barbara Correa - When purchasing a flight for a prospective business partner or employee, keep in mind that that once it's paid for, that trip becomes the property of the person it was purchased for.
Registered travelers: Still taking their shoes off
(Barbara Correa)
Barbara Correa - The Registered Traveler program, which allows screened participants to go through a special, faster security line, posted a mixed performance this week. On the positive side, the program officially opened for business at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday.
Angry travelers add more rules
(Barbara Correa)
Barbara Correa - I received more than 800 messages responding to a Dec. 11 post about in-flight behavior. Many of the emails travelers sent were filled with a level of anger and sarcasm that says a lot about the state of airline and airport service at the end of 2006.
No-frills fares
(Barbara Correa)
Barbara Correa - One of the major developments in travel this year is the a la carte pricing concept that has been creeping its way onboard ever since Northwest said last March that it would charge $15 for extra legroom. Several stories broke this week that show the pay-per-perk concept is here to stay.