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Monday, November 24, 2008

The column: TSA working to ease holiday traffic jams

This morning's Winging It column gives TSA credit for doing a better job, and notes improvements, including family lanes at all airports, that should help ease checkpoint congestion during busy holiday periods. For those who come here first, here's a link to the column. Here is link to the PHL Web site for a news release on the airport's award-winning food-and-beverage program.

When you read through the column, you'll find an anecdote from my own experience that needs expansion. Here's what I'm talking about: In one instance, I found one of the "black diamond" security lanes for experienced travelers slower than a family lane next to it. A reader e-mailed me this morning, saying give a break and some understanding to the business traveler that needed five bins for all his carry-on stuff, now that most airlines are charging for checked bags. For the record, that experience happened to me in June, before fuel prices soared and most airlines except Southwest and JetBlue adopted fees for the first checked bag, and the traveler was a Southwest passenger.

Tell me more ... feedback always welcome.
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About Tom Belden
Tom Belden has been reporting about Philadelphia International Airport and other air travel subjects for more than 20 years, writing columns for The Inquirer's Travel and Business sections. His reporting (with colleague Craig McCoy) on baggage handling problems in Philadelphia have been credited with helping to improve the system. His previous blog was called Road Warrior. He can reached at tbelden@phillynews.com.
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