The Montgomery Regional Airport is hoping to ease your holiday travel stress and give you a way to get through the lines quickly. This week the airport is offering a TSA Pre-check Enrollment Center. Usually travelers would have to sign up online or at other airports across the country. More than 200 airports participate in TSA Pre-check across the country….
Business travelers are increasingly booking stays through Airbnb and other home-sharing sites. Airbnb said Monday that nearly 700,000 companies have signed up and booked rooms through its business travel portal, almost triple the number since last year. Airbnb says 15 percent of its travel nights booked are for business travelers. That compares with 20 percent for Booking.com, which includes homes…
Delta Air Lines says customers’ payment information may have been breached in a cyberattack last fall. The airline said Wednesday the incident involved (24)7.ai, a chat-services provider used by Delta and other companies. Delta says only “a small subset” of customers were affected, with payment information exposed from Sept. 26 to Oct. 12. It says no other personal details about…
Montgomery, AL- Effective at 2 pm on Thursday, January 18, 2018, conditions have improved and the previous IMPASSABLE TRAVEL ADVISORY for Montgomery County roads and bridges has been lifted. Because county officials cannot guarantee the conditions everywhere, drivers are reminded to use caution while traveling. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News Tags: montgomery, roads, safe, snow, Travel
It’s one of a half dozen U.S. locations in the Unites States that are among 52 worldwide that The N.Y. Times says people should visit in 2018. Other locations include Cambodia, Iceland and Prague. Why Montgomery? Here’s the copy from the article, which focuses on the lynching memorial that is under construction downtown by The Equal Justice Initiative. The Times describes the…
Airlines are bumping fewer passengers off oversold planes after taking to heart the public anger over a man being violently dragged from his seat earlier this year. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday that airlines bumped 2,745 passengers between July and September. That’s about one in every 67,000 passengers, and it’s the lowest rate since the department started keeping…
TripAdvisor is defending its policies on reviews that contain allegations of rape or other crimes, following a published report that quoted several users who said such postings were deleted. Several people told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel they were sexually assaulted at Mexican hotels and resorts but the online reviews that mentioned the crimes were taken down. The Massachusetts company said…
Federal regulators aim to maintain the ban on in-flight cellular calls. The Federal Communications Commission is looking to kill an effort it started in 2013 to give airlines the option of installing on-board cellular equipment for calls and other services. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai appears to have enough votes to axe that plan, which he considers “ill-conceived.” Pei says keeping…
The first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than a half century landed in the central city of Santa Clara on Wednesday morning, re-establishing regular air service severed at the height of the Cold War. The flight of JetBlue 387 opens a new era of U.S.-Cuba travel, with about 300 flights a week connecting the U.S….
Major headaches for Delta passengers this morning.. The airline says due to a computer outage nationwide, all flights awaiting departure are delayed. Delta is asking customers to check their flight status before heading to the airport. You can check your flight status on Delta’s website. Categories: Montgomery Metro Tags: Air Travel, airline, delay, delta flight, Travel
