Lufthansa adds a fee for 'free' seats
Change fees for flights are disappearing, but now Lufthansa has a new one: a change fee for switching seats
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Chase digging deeper into travel biz
Chase is planning to take a bigger role in marketing travel to its 66 million U.S. customers with a new portal.
Spanish embassy staff on strike
Workers in a number of Spanish diplomatic missions around the world are demanding better pay and conditions.
TSA sending out more enrollment carts
TSA is extending its mobile enrollment program for PreCheck to more airports
Natural Bridge Cavern keeps growing
Active exploration is adding to the size of the Natural Bridge Cavern in Texas.
Land-locked Madrid getting a beach
A huge artificial lagoon, beach and park area is set to open next year not far from the city.
New owners soon for ITA, TAP?
Italy nears a decision on a buyer for its new airline, while speculation continues about who might bid for TAP
New views over Pearl Harbor
A historic air control tower at Pearl Harbor is re-opening as an observation point at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Brussels plans to double bubblers
Brussels and its water supply operator are building a hundred new fountains to make free tap water more available in the outdoors.
Fee rises for travel to U.S.
The fee for U.S. visa waiver authorization has taken a 50% jump
Cyclists: bike lanes disappearing
Bicycle safety issues are getting more attention; in Brussels one of the issues is disappearing bike lane markings.
Barcelona fights fire with... sheep
Sheep and goats are cropping underbrush in a major woodland park, in hopes it will prevent fires.
Japan's ANA ditching check-in kiosks
While others are enhancing kiosks and adding more, a Japanese airline is going all out for app-based check-in
Refunds ordered for $27 beer
After world-wide bad publicity, New York's airport operator steps in to fix a concessionaire's over-pricing.
Wyndham refocuses its app for road trips
One of the world's largest hotel chains is creating new tools for road-trip planners, including, of course, where to stay