checked baggage

The rules for checking a bag with airlines can be confusing. It gets even more complicated when you’re connecting between two different airlines. So imagine if you’re not only flying…

Hi travel friends! This post is from 2019 but it made a whole lot of people giggle, so we’re bringing it out from the archives. Enjoy! The TSA admittedly doesn’t…

When I search for flights from Orlando, Frontier often shows as the cheapest option. While the price shown in the search is the actual fare, it wouldn’t be the price…

Carry-on bags. When there wasn’t a fee to check bags, carry-ons were just the stuff that you’d just as soon keep with you while on the plane. To be fair,…

We’ve written in the past about theft in hotels and how to avoid same: Think your hotel safe is safe? It’s not The portable safe we use (because, again, hotel…

As we’ve become more technologically advanced, we’re using more and more gadgets that require batteries. Cell phones. Tablets. Laptop computers. Cameras. Handheld games. Digital scales. “Smart” luggage. Electric wheelchairs &…

If you need to check a bag when flying, the main thing you want is for your bag to arrive at the same airport as you at the same time.…

We often fly to New York with JetBlue, one of our favorite domestic airlines. They have many nonstop flights from Orlando, and all their flights have seat-back entertainment and free…

Happy Saturday friends, and hooray, it’s finally the weekend! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we…

On January 16, 2020, JetBlue increased its fee for checked bags. Your first checked bag will now cost $35, increased from $30, and a second checked bag will now cost…