Chuck Schumer may be onto something. According to a new survey from Consumer Reports, luggage fees topped the list of complaints Americans have about air travel, followed by added ticket fees and rude staff. Luggage fees scored an average of 8.4 on a scale of 1 to 10 on annoyance, with 10 being the most annoying thing imaginable. So what else do Americans think about air travel? more ›

After talk of flight caps to help ease airport congestion that leave many travelers very irritable, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced another policy to help ease airport woes. The DOT will let airports charge airlines based on the time of day and volume of traffic their planes are landing in. Previously, aircraft was only charged based on plane weight. more ›

The Thanksgiving Day and Thanksgiving Day Eve have emerged as some of the busiest travel days of the year. While the media shows shots of crowded airports and train stations on the Wednesdays before Thanksgiving (like today), the Bureau of Transportation Statistics says that when personal vehicle travel is included into calculations, "Thanksgiving Day is actually a heavier long-distance travel day [to and from a destination more than 50 or more miles away] than... more ›