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Florida Man Busted For Scoring 120+ Free Flights By Posing As Flight Attendant
Monday, June 16, 2025 - 5:54am | 512A federal jury convicted Tiron Alexander, 35, of wire fraud and entering secure airport areas under false pretenses after he posed as a flight attendant to book more than 120 free flights across multiple airlines from 2018 to 2024. What Happened: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern...
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Thanksgiving Travel Preview: AAA Expects Record Numbers, TSA Braces For Busiest Day Ever, Arctic Weather Blast
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 8:07pm | 789AAA expects record-setting travel numbers for Thanksgiving 2024 with an estimated 79.9 million travelers, up 2% from the previous record set last year. Here's what to know Tuesday before hitting the road later this week for the holiday. What To Know: AAA attributes the staggering number of...
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Why Jim Lebenthal Bought More Wynn Resorts Stock Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 3:49pm | 312There are a lot of ways that people could react to the Russia-Ukraine tensions, but hiding in their houses won't be one of them, according to Cerity Partners' Jim Lebenthal. "The crowds on the Santa Monica Pier are not going to thin if [Vladimir] Putin invades Ukraine,...
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Airlines Highlight Hygiene Efforts To Win Back Customers
Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 8:49am | 1412With the Memorial Day weekend approaching, U.S. airlines are making a bid to recapture business by emphasizing extensive hygiene protocols and practices designed to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission. And European authorities issued guidance Wednesday to assure the health safety of air...
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TSA To Require Freight Railroads To Provide Training Addressing Terrorist Threats
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 6:24pm | 250Rail employees involved in higher-risk freight rail operations must now be trained to watch for terrorist-related threats, according to a new rule from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The rule, which goes into effect on June 22, calls for the owners and operators of higher-risk...
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Today's Pickup: Traffic Speeds Up In Major Cities As More People Stay Home
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 11:04am | 744Good day, With more than a dozen states now having issued stay-at-home orders, fewer people than ever are now traveling. Inrix, which tracks traffic around the globe, has done a deep dive into the impacts of the COVID-19 virus on commuting. Inrix has done a series of reports on traffic around the...
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United Tells Baffled San Diego Comic-Con Fans To Remove Comic Books From Their Luggage
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 - 10:41am | 288Comic book fans flying out of San Diego after attending last weekend’s Comic-Con got a strange and baffling announcement from United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL): Carry on your comics if you want, but you’re prohibited from checking them inside your luggage. United subsequently...
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How Can You Benefit From A Security Threat?
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 1:04pm | 395Recently the Department of Homeland Security told international travelers to be on high alert...as usual. There was a supposed threat to international travel, specifically to Europe. The threat level seems like it will always be elevated as we are always living with the fear of some sort of...