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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Holiday travel tales: Crowded planes, accurate bag scales

This morning brings a good roundup from the Christian Science Monitor of what to expect this Thanksgiving holiday if you're flying, including several topics you can find more detail on in this blog. We're already hearing from travelers this morning of increased involuntary bumping because there may be fewer passengers traveling this weekend, but there also are fewer seats available. Read that story here.

In the yet-another-thing-we-may-have-to-worry-about category, newspapers in Phoenix and New York have done stories about airline luggage scales that weren't precisely accurate. No major problems were found, and some scales were actually underweighing bags in customers' favor. But with most airlines charging most customers for checked bags, an extra ounce of weight as measured by a faulty scale can mean paying a lot more to get your gang where they want to go. Read an Arizona Republic story here.  Newsday did its story about scales at New York airports. 
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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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