Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/travel travel Travel News en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:23:05 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/travel http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_southwest_fares ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_southwest_fares AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:34:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_southwest_fares"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.629356ee390d4426ae7989a3e2aa19f0.earns_southwest_flco202.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=Nn5HiJqWUKSJs8Kgc60Ojg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-500 lands Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. Flying against the headwinds of a recession and volatile fuel prices, Southwest Airlines Co. made money in the fourth quarter and extended its string of annual profits to 37 years.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Southwest Airlines Co. is offering a sale geared toward leisure travelers who want to make short trips this spring.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_southwest_fares"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.629356ee390d4426ae7989a3e2aa19f0.earns_southwest_flco202.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=Nn5HiJqWUKSJs8Kgc60Ojg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-500 lands Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. Flying against the headwinds of a recession and volatile fuel prices, Southwest Airlines Co. made money in the fourth quarter and extended its string of annual profits to 37 years.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_american_airlines_blankets ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_american_airlines_blankets AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:28:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_american_airlines_blankets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100118/capt.0fcec07014f34d9997cd07aeef114bb0.american_checked_bag_fee_nybz122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3HIKTjkTNC53XG4x39.ADg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 14, 2008 file photo, a woman waits in line with luggage to check in for an American Airlines flight at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va. American Airlines on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 said it is raising its fees on checked bags for passengers buying tickets starting Feb. 1. (AP Photo/Brian McDermott, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - If you want a pillow and blanket in coach on American Airlines, it's going to cost you.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_american_airlines_blankets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100118/capt.0fcec07014f34d9997cd07aeef114bb0.american_checked_bag_fee_nybz122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3HIKTjkTNC53XG4x39.ADg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 14, 2008 file photo, a woman waits in line with luggage to check in for an American Airlines flight at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va. American Airlines on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 said it is raising its fees on checked bags for passengers buying tickets starting Feb. 1. (AP Photo/Brian McDermott, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_vegas_stars_sinatra_martin ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_vegas_stars_sinatra_martin AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:44:10 GMT AP - Sin City is paying homage to iconic singers Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin by giving them each a place on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_new_flights ap_travel/20100208/us_travel_brief_new_flights AP travel Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:59:10 GMT AP - Travel industry officials say more airline flights to Alaska this summer may boost competition and result in lower fares to some Lower 48 cities. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/airfarewatchdog/20100204/tr_airfarewatchdog/4286634xml airfarewatchdog/20100204/4286634xml Airfarewatchdog.com travel Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:20:10 GMT Airfarewatchdog.com - Airfarewatchdog.comIs upgrading with miles a wild fare chase?Thanks to new co-pays and rules, using your frequent flier miles to upgrade can be really confusing, impossible or not worthwhile. Confusing because the airlines have different rules, which seem to change at a whim; impossible because often there are no seats available for upgrading on popular routes, even if you plan months ahead; and not worthwhile because the major airlines often require that you buy one of their more expensive fares to be eligible and, to add to the insult, now levy expensive co-pays of up to $1000 round- trip, plus miles, to sit up front (that's in addition to the otherfrequent flyer fees they charge).Even so, sometimes the effort is worthwhile. Last year, I flew from New York to Los Angeles, and thought it would be pleasant to fly business class on one of Uniteds PS (as in Premium Service) nonstop flights. Searching on Expedia.com, I discovered that these flights carry a premium price: at the time, about $2050 round-trip compared to Deltas $1500 business class fares. But I also discovered that I had 30,000 miles in my MileagePlus account, just enough for a round-trip upgrade, and, using a site called ExpertFlyer.com, identified which United flights were eligible for upgrade.ExpertFlyer (membership starts at $4.99/month) works with several major airlines (regrettably, of the larger US carriers, only American and Delta, and no longer with United), which make their real-time upgrade inventory available to subscribers. The service allows you to figure out the lowest priced fare class eligible for upgrade, and shows which flights have upgradeable seats at that fare.The cheapest economy fare on my dates of travel was an economy fare of about $230, but only a fare starting at $450 was upgradeable. Still, I preferred &ldquo;spending&rdquo; 30,000 miles for $1600 of value rather than 25,000 miles for $230 of value (the price of the cheapest economy fare).But its not always that easy to snag an upgradeable seat at a reasonable fare. Over the last year or two, the major US-based airlines have been tinkering with their upgrade policies, changing mileage requirements, the eligible fare classes, and adding fees. Worse, theyve been eliminating flights, reducing seat availability. Heres an update of what to expect.AmericanAmerican levies a $100 round-trip co-pay plus 30,000 miles for non- Hawaiian domestic upgrades (half these amounts for one-way; all mileage requirements and co-pays in this article are based on round- trips); there is a $300 co-pay on Hawaiian routes. But virtually all American fare classes are eligible for upgrades. On international flights, most destinations require 50,000 miles plus $700 to upgrade from discounted economy fares (there are no co-pays from full fare economy fares). Fares booked in I, O and Q fare classes arent upgradeable for travel to Asia, Europe, India or South America; and those booked in I or O are ineligible for travel elsewhere as well.ContinentalContinental also requires co-pays, but allows all discounted fare classes to be upgraded, subject to inventory controls. Co-pays on flights offering BusinessFirst business class cabins (international flights and nonstops between Houston or Newark and Hawaii) range from $200 to $1000 round-trip; on flights where BusinessFirst isnt offered, co-pays range from $100 to $300, although B, M, H, and K fare classes are exempt (as are &ldquo;Elite&rdquo; frequent flyer members).DeltaDelta used to allow upgrades only on more expensive economy class fares, but they recently added less-expensive H, Q and K fare classes. However, other airlines generally offer more fare class choices, a situation mitigated only slightly by Deltas 25,000 mile upgrades on non-Hawaiian domestic routes (compared to the 30,000 required by other airlines). The good thing about upgrading with miles on Delta is that there are no co-pays. But for international travel, only the more expensive, slightly discounted, B and M fares are available for upgrades.UnitedEffective for award requests made on or after January 12, 2010, the good news is that upgrades on many routes require fewer miles and more fare classes will be eligible; the bad news is that youll have to fork over a co-pay of between $100 and $1000 (United had originally scheduled co-pays to kick in this past July, but had a change of heart). In the current (pre-Jan 12) scheme, on a flight from North America to international destinations you could only upgrade to business class from a fairly expensive M or H economy class fare for 60,000 miles, but with no co-pay. After January 12, that same trip can be upgraded from a much wider range of fare classes for just 40,000 miles, but with a co-pay of $500-$1000, depending on the fare class and destination. Prior to January 12 , fares booked in G class aren't upgradeable; for travel from North America, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Central America to all other destinations United serves, E, U, Q, V, W, S, T, L, K, and G fares are non-upgradeable.On domestic US flights, starting in January, co-pays range from $100- $200 round-trip (when first announced, there was up to a $1000 co-pay for upgrading the cheapest fares to or from Hawaii, but United has backtracked on that ("we heard your feedback," they state on their web site) and now the co-pay is the same as for other domestic flights). But all fare classes will be upgradeable. So, while theres greater flexibility, the co-pays may make upgrading an expensive proposition, assuming that seats, which are inventory controlled, are even available. And keep in mind that those &ldquo;name your own price&rdquo; fares you bought from Priceline are also ineligible.US AirwaysAs of August 15, 2009, US Airways no longer required their Dividend Miles members to purchase a minimum fare (it had been $1400) to upgrade to business class. Theres currently no co-pay for domestic flights, even to Hawaii. For international travel, you pay 60,000 miles plus $600 ($800 to the Middle East). All fare classes are eligible for upgrade, but that doesnt mean that all seats and flights have seats available.Maybe you should just buy an upgrade?So which airline should you earn miles on if youre hoping to upgrade? Lets not bring your frequent flyer status into the discussion, because that would complicate things beyond the scope of this article. The truth is, its a complicated question, because all the miles and co-pay cash in the world amount to nothing if there are no seats available for upgrades when and where you want to fly, or if the only fares eligible are so expensive that when you add a co-pay, you might as well just buy a discounted business class ticket. Which airlines have the most seats available for upgrades at the lowest possible fares? No one really knows (if the aforementioned ExpertFlyer.com worked with all airlines, we might have a fighting chance at stabbing a guess). But thats the crux of the matter: what difference does it make how many miles you need, or what fare classes are eligible, or what the co-pays are, if the airlines, which are cutting flights and capacity in their premium cabins, really just want to sell you a business or first class seat and arent making enough available for upgrades? Basically, the only way to make sure you sit up front is to buy your way in. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_osi_systems_body_scanners ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_osi_systems_body_scanners AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:36:58 GMT AP - OSI Systems Inc. said Tuesday that two U.K. airports &mdash; Heathrow and Manchester International &mdash; have installed its advanced body scanners. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_airlines_slot_swaps ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_airlines_slot_swaps AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:23:05 GMT AP - The government says Delta Air Lines and US Airways can swap takeoff and landing slots at airports in New York and Washington, but there's a catch: They must sell some of the slots to protect competition. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wellington_avalanche ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_trip_wellington_avalanche AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:00:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wellington_avalanche"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100209/capt.41689a6beeb54807bdf580945bc28f8c.travel_trip_wellington_avalanche_ny561.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=j1OVLhEIw3cjlEGqp7MKVw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 30, 2009 photo, the western portal of the long-abandoned Great Northern Railway tunnel beneath Stevens Pass, Wash., is shown. The tunnel ends at what was once the railroad town of Wellington, Wash., where the nation's worst avalanche disaster occurred 100 years ago, when two passenger trains were swept away by a snow slide, killing nearly 100 people. (AP Photo/George Tibbits)" border="0" /></a>AP - This railroad town wasn't much to begin with and now no longer exists.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wellington_avalanche"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100209/capt.41689a6beeb54807bdf580945bc28f8c.travel_trip_wellington_avalanche_ny561.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=j1OVLhEIw3cjlEGqp7MKVw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Sept. 30, 2009 photo, the western portal of the long-abandoned Great Northern Railway tunnel beneath Stevens Pass, Wash., is shown. The tunnel ends at what was once the railroad town of Wellington, Wash., where the nation's worst avalanche disaster occurred 100 years ago, when two passenger trains were swept away by a snow slide, killing nearly 100 people. (AP Photo/George Tibbits)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100204/ap_tr_ge/travel_cybertrips_hostels ap_travel/20100204/travel_cybertrips_hostels AP travel Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:35:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100204/ap_tr_ge/travel_cybertrips_hostels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100204/capt.735dbfbcbee34437a8b19d2c34401fb5.travel_cybertrips_hostels_ny574.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mmoL_.Rio.jc7AZqEGCgrA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This photo taken Feb. 2, 2010 shows guests using the living room of Lisbon's Travellers' House hostel. The hostel has been awarded World's Best Hostel 2009 for the second consecutive year by the readers of Hostelworld.com (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dictionaries typically define hostels as inexpensive lodging, usually for young travelers. But Hostelworld.com, a Web site where travelers can book a hostel stay, is trying to change that definition.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100204/ap_tr_ge/travel_cybertrips_hostels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100204/capt.735dbfbcbee34437a8b19d2c34401fb5.travel_cybertrips_hostels_ny574.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mmoL_.Rio.jc7AZqEGCgrA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Feb. 2, 2010 shows guests using the living room of Lisbon's Travellers' House hostel. The hostel has been awarded World's Best Hostel 2009 for the second consecutive year by the readers of Hostelworld.com (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_top_chef_tour ap_travel/20100208/us_travel_trip_top_chef_tour AP travel Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:45:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_top_chef_tour"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.4ac7243129914ea3b78f21aeeef0cf09.travel_trip_chef_tour_ny558.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ONby0UkOkQeSgZJRQD0jLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This photo taken Jan. 29, 2010 shows City Food Tours guide Nicole Harnett, left, leading participants of the 'In the Steps of a Top Chef' excursion through a part of New York's Chinatown. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Why take a walking tour inspired by a cable series you've never seen?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100208/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_top_chef_tour"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.4ac7243129914ea3b78f21aeeef0cf09.travel_trip_chef_tour_ny558.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ONby0UkOkQeSgZJRQD0jLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Jan. 29, 2010 shows City Food Tours guide Nicole Harnett, left, leading participants of the 'In the Steps of a Top Chef' excursion through a part of New York's Chinatown. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100128/ap_tr_ge/us_fea_travel_cybertrips80_degrees ap_travel/20100128/us_fea_travel_cybertrips80_degrees AP travel Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:39:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100128/ap_tr_ge/us_fea_travel_cybertrips80_degrees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.b893313ea9614946b4ce951a850e80da.travel_cypertrips_80_degrees_ny519.jpg?x=65&y=130&q=85&sig=sc43F5S3tbKvfbrn2iz6_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="65" alt="This screen grab released by fodors.com shows the Fodors.com Landing Page during 80 Degrees: This shot shows the experience of the viewer who has just landed on Fodors.com. While the top section has been used to direct viewers to the new 80 Degrees tools, other sections will also be branded with warm-weather themes. (AP Photo/fodors.com)" border="0" /></a>AP - This week, as the weak winter sun did its best to warm my home state of Idaho, my husband and I began looking for a place to go with our kids (ages 9 and 11) and my parents over spring break.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100128/ap_tr_ge/us_fea_travel_cybertrips80_degrees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.b893313ea9614946b4ce951a850e80da.travel_cypertrips_80_degrees_ny519.jpg?x=65&y=130&q=85&sig=sc43F5S3tbKvfbrn2iz6_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="65" alt="photo" title="This screen grab released by fodors.com shows the Fodors.com Landing Page during 80 Degrees: This shot shows the experience of the viewer who has just landed on Fodors.com. While the top section has been used to direct viewers to the new 80 Degrees tools, other sections will also be branded with warm-weather themes. (AP Photo/fodors.com)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_openskies_new_route ap_travel/20100209/us_travel_brief_openskies_new_route AP travel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:26:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_openskies_new_route"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r533337702.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=ZcZyFwmXdYg2_iLOFEdyPg--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="British Airways aircraft are parked at Heathrow Airport in west London February 5, 2010. British Airways posted a surprise third-quarter operating profit, helped by heavy cost cutting, but said it was still in a worse position than last year, despite attempts to adapt to the realities of global recession. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>AP - OpenSkies, British Airways' all-business class airline, said Tuesday it is launching a new route between Washington D.C. and Paris.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_openskies_new_route"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r533337702.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=ZcZyFwmXdYg2_iLOFEdyPg--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="photo" title="British Airways aircraft are parked at Heathrow Airport in west London February 5, 2010. British Airways posted a surprise third-quarter operating profit, helped by heavy cost cutting, but said it was still in a worse position than last year, despite attempts to adapt to the realities of global recession. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/airfarewatchdog/20100129/tr_airfarewatchdog/4248663xml airfarewatchdog/20100129/4248663xml Airfarewatchdog.com travel Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:46:46 GMT Airfarewatchdog.com - Airfarewatchdog.com http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100104/ap_tr_ge/travel_cybertrips_pocketsherpa ap_travel/20100104/travel_cybertrips_pocketsherpa AP travel Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:38:09 GMT AP - On the road, nothing really beats a good tip from a local on where to get the best ribs, catch a jazz show, or how to score tickets at a popular venue. Guide books invariably promise to give tourists the local scoop and routinely deliver mixed results. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/airfarewatchdog/20100126/tr_airfarewatchdog/4196116xml airfarewatchdog/20100126/4196116xml Airfarewatchdog.com travel Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:44:02 GMT Airfarewatchdog.com - When Martha Toomey's husband Oscar died last year, she happened to know the user name and password to his Delta frequent flyer account, and has been helping herself ever since to his 500,000-plus SkyMiles, which is why we've changed her name for the purposes of this article. You see, what Martha is doing isn't strictly "legal." Posthumously, Oscar has sent his widow on a trip to Europe in business class and on several jaunts to visit her grandchildren in Boston. "I've just been pretending that he was still alive because I was afraid that I would either lose his miles or pay a big transfer fee," the Los Angeles-based retiree confesses. The "legal" way for her to use her late spouse's miles would be to fill in some paper work and request that the miles be transferred to her name as his heir, indeed perhaps paying a transfer fee with some airline programs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100104/ap_tr_ge/travel_superlatives_new_england_ski_trails ap_travel/20100104/travel_superlatives_new_england_ski_trails AP health Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:36:53 GMT AP - Yankee magazine invited Skiing magazine's Eastern editor Ben Hewitt to list his favorite groomed trails in New England. Featured in Yankee magazine's January-February issue, they are: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/airfarewatchdog/20100121/tr_airfarewatchdog/4152217xml airfarewatchdog/20100121/4152217xml Airfarewatchdog.com travel Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:56:57 GMT Airfarewatchdog.com - Let's face it. We've all done it. In part because travel can be so disorienting, it's easy to disembark a plane without all of our "personal belongings" as the flight attendants refer to them in their deplaning announcements (are there "impersonal belongings"? how about we just call them our belongings). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100203/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_comedy_festival ap_travel/20100203/us_travel_trip_comedy_festival AP travel Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:54:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100203/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_comedy_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100203/capt.844ac455714842538a7c6a63619a5de3.travel_trip_comedy_festival_ny565.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=kxtfRFVHj8EopDSP8euOgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This photo taken Feb. 2, 2010 shows filmmaker Michael Moore warms his hands while standing outside of the State Theater in Traverse City, Mich. The theater will host many of the presentations during the 'Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival', Feb. 19-21.(AP Photo/John Flesher)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here's a prescription for curing those midwinter blues: Forget jetting off to Florida or the Caribbean. Instead, spend a long weekend in snowbound, frostbitten northern Michigan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100203/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_comedy_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20100203/capt.844ac455714842538a7c6a63619a5de3.travel_trip_comedy_festival_ny565.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=kxtfRFVHj8EopDSP8euOgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Feb. 2, 2010 shows filmmaker Michael Moore warms his hands while standing outside of the State Theater in Traverse City, Mich. The theater will host many of the presentations during the 'Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival', Feb. 19-21.(AP Photo/John Flesher)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091222/ap_tr_ge/travel_cybertrips_social_networking ap_travel/20091222/travel_cybertrips_social_networking AP health Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:11:44 GMT AP - Isahrai Azaria is heading to Austin, Texas, in February, and thanks to Facebook, she already has 40 acquaintances, an invitation to go water tubing, and a line on the best vegetarian lunch place in town. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/travel/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/airfarewatchdog/20100121/tr_airfarewatchdog/4188752xml airfarewatchdog/20100121/4188752xml Airfarewatchdog.com travel Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:46:18 GMT Airfarewatchdog.com - One passenger thinks so.