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Airlines are tossing consumers aside and grabbing the benefit of lower federal taxes on travel tickets. By Saturday night, nearly all the major U.S. airlines had raised fares to offset taxes that expired the night before.

The American Customer Satisfaction Index's annual report on airlines showed Southwest still on top of the rankings, and far ahead of No. 2 Continental. Southwest even improved its score, a rare bright spot in an industry that came in last overall in customer satisfaction among those the ACSI rates.

Southwest Airlines reported second-quarter earnings of 15 cents per diluted share, up from 12 cents per diluted share in the second quarter of 2009.

Kemper doesn't have a job, but he does like to stack things up and knock them down. He knows his letters, but can't read -- certainly not credit card solicitations. But he gets them nonetheless. A curious thing to send to a 2-year-old. His mom, Frances Sayers, was none-too-happy to read a recent...

Dear WalletPop: On Oct. 8, Karl and I checked into our Southwest flight to Vegas. The man at the counter was totally distracted -- carrying on a conversation with another employee behind the counter. I really didn't think much of it at the time but ... he carelessly placed our tickets back on the...

That "ding" sound you hear on Southwest Airlines flights isn't its lovable commercials, but cash registers ringing for charging passengers who just insist on being first onboard the plane.Southwest Airlines on Thursday is starting its $10 "EarlyBird Check-in" program, joining the airline game of...

This week I moved cross-country for the second time in as many months. And I did it economically by turning an airline into my low-cost moving company. Instead of mailing several boxes of my belongings from San Francisco to New York at $1 to $1.50 per pound -- or, even worse on the wallet, hiring a...

A $113.6 million bid by Southwest Airlines for bankrupt carrier Frontier Airlines may make flying to Mexico a better deal for consumers.Southwest has a history of opening in markets with low fares to force other carriers to do the same. The airline also has some of the cheapest fares around.If...

What a great day for airlines. For the first time in six years, passenger satisfaction with airlines improved, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index survey done in conjunction with the University of Michigan. It's no surprise that Southwest finished on top for the 16th straight year...

The summer airline wars kicked off Friday, and escalated over the weekend, with Southwest Airlines kicking it off with $49 to $99 one-way fares. The NBC affiliate in San Diego recently ran this video: Other airlines jumped on the sale bandwagon. I was looking for a July flight from San Francisco...