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Cruise ships are big business. There's something about traveling on a giant tub that attracts us. The appeal is mostly in the fact that you simply don't have to turn on your brain if you don't want to. The food, the driving, the entertainment, the babysitting, the paperwork -- it's all taken care...

Those of us who were leaning toward Delta Air Lines because of its policy of allowing a free first checked bag can now abandon any favoritism. As of December 5 (just in time for the holidays!), it will start charging $15 for the first check bag. That figure is pretty much what everyone's charging...

When it's backed into a financial corner, what's an airline to do? Gas prices are saner now, but they won't give our money back for the fuel surcharges because now they're using that cash to plug mortal wounds. Americans have grudgingly accepted the implementation of luggage fees, too. As...

The tale of the scrimping airlines gets curiouser and curiouser. And shiftier and shiftier. Continental has announced that it will reduce the maximum size of its passengers' carry-on bags by a full six inches. That's right. As of November 1, if you try to tote a bag measuring more than a total of...