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Consumer Traveler Today: Aug 24

08-24-2011

 

Consumer Traveler Today: DOT’s new rules — overbooking, tarmac delays, lost baggage 
 

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DOT’s new rules — overbooking, tarmac delays, lost baggage

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:32 AM PDT

Today we take a look at rules that airlines will have to follow as well, but that only time will tell whether DOT needs more enforcement. I have included the DOT press release content after each subject.
        

TSA watch: Can you trust the new trusted-traveler program?

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:00 AM PDT

Stung by the traveling public’s disapproval of its one-size-fits-all approach to passenger screening, the Transportation Security Administration last month announced that it would begin testing a new trusted-traveler program. But if you think that the next time you fly, you’ll speed through the security line like it’s 1999, you’ll probably be disappointed.