Consumer Traveler Today: March 19

Consumer Traveler Today: Dubai sizzles as the new cruise hot spot
 
 
Dubai sizzles as the new cruise hot spot
What we’re reading: LAS traffic drops, production boost for 737s and 777s, more air biofuel in next decade
Can “nightmare ending” to a Continental ticket purchase be fixed?
British Airways strike – is the worst yet to come?
Late check-out — corpse “sleeps in” for two months
Dubai sizzles as the new cruise hot spot
Posted: 19 Mar 2010 03:22 AM PDT
Dubai has had some significant financial turmoil the past few months, but that has not deterred cruise vacationers to the embattled emirate as it is quickly becoming a must-see port of call. More cruise lines are placing ships in Dubai for the winter season, but no cruise line has dedicated more ships in the region than Costa Cruises.
       

What we’re reading: LAS traffic drops, production boost for 737s and 777s, more air biofuel in next decade
Posted: 19 Mar 2010 03:20 AM PDT
McCarran drops on world's busiest list, Boeing to boost production on 737, 777, planes may use biofuel in next ten years
       

Can “nightmare ending” to a Continental ticket purchase be fixed?
Posted: 18 Mar 2010 08:30 AM PDT
When Dimple Kelley used a service called Bill Me Later to book a Continental Airlines ticket for her son, Brian, she never imagined she’d be fighting with the payment company’s collection department half a year later. But then, no one can see a nightmare ending like this coming until it’s too late.
       

British Airways strike – is the worst yet to come?
Posted: 18 Mar 2010 07:30 AM PDT
As a British Airways strike appears increasingly likely to happen this weekend, an old axiom comes to mind "It could always be worse." Travelers who have already scrambled to reschedule canceled flights might doubt that. Alas, it can get worse, and is likely, to get much worse.
       

Late check-out — corpse “sleeps in” for two months
Posted: 18 Mar 2010 06:30 AM PDT
Many of us have reported staying in rooms with bugs, nasty tubs, and lousy views, but at least five people can claim they got a room with a corpse.