Check your email for a holiday gift: You can easily earn 4,000 Virgin points for just a few minutes of work by linking your Virgin Red account to your Flying Club account. Targeted Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members (who may not have yet linked their account to Virgin Red) have received emails with a unique…

Maybe it’s just me, but planning my family’s theme park vacations brings me almost as much joy as the vacation itself. I don’t go overboard planning out a structured itinerary for every minute of our trip, but choosing which parks we will visit each day and where we will stay adds to the excitement of…

The Department of Transportation announced new protections on Monday for commercial airline travelers with disabilities, finalizing a series of proposals that was first laid out earlier this year. Under the new rules, airlines must meet new standards for accommodating passengers who use mobility devices such as wheelchairs, as well as new minimum standards for helping…

When Southwest Airlines shifts to assigned seating about a year from now, its elite status members will be able to select an extra legroom for free. And, those members won’t be subject to some of the tightest seating restrictions set to be imposed on its Wanna Get Away fares in the future. The Dallas-based carrier…

Ahead of the holiday travel season, there’s still time to sign up for TSA PreCheck. This program allows preapproved, low-risk travelers to expedite their way through airport security at more than 200 U.S. airports. More than 90 domestic and foreign airlines participate in the program. TSA PreCheck users do not have to take off their…