Travel News - AP

MINNEAPOLIS - Holiday travelers waited a little longer to book their flights this year, likely holding out for better deals and waiting to see if they would still have a job. And some aren't going at all.

ALBANY, N.Y. - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a federal review of complaints by consumers that they are losing millions of frequent flier miles without notice in confusing agreements.

NEW YORK - Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they need to land anywhere near New York City.

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.

NEW YORK - New York City officials say virtually all of the luggage scales at the city's two major airports are accurately calibrated.

WASHINGTON - Passenger revenue among U.S. airlines fell 15 percent in October compared to the same month last year, an industry trade group said Friday.

RENO, Nev. - Three more Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts plan to open for the season this week.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - An Olympic accommodation plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy.

SALT LAKE CITY - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort is opening for the winter ski season.

NEW YORK - Air Canada has begun trial offers of Internet service onboard some flights between Los Angeles and the cities of Toronto and Montreal.

WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of preapproved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States to most international airports in the country.

MOSCOW - A Russian cruise ship that has been struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days has finally reached clear water off Antarctica.

DALLAS - Continental Airlines Inc. said it matched a move by other carriers to raise surcharges for travel on a few peak days in March and April to $30 each way.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.

ATLANTA - Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.

NEW YORK - JetBlue is running a one-day sale Thursday on international and domestic flights with fares between $29 and $129 each way.

DALLAS - Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson.

ATLANTA - Another fee is coming in the new year for airline and hotel customers — this time from your credit card company.

TOKYO - Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion dollar offer to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its affiliation with American Airlines.

NEW YORK - It's not quite the warm and fuzzy crowd one imagines around most Christmas trees, but Barneys New York is celebrating the holidays with a motley crew that includes Roseanne Roseannadanna, the Church Lady, Father Guido Sarducci and Wayne and Garth.

WASHINGTON - Eight years after the 9/11 attacks brought a new focus on security at airplane maintenance facilities, and six years after Congress first required action, the government still hasn't tightened its vigilance.

BEIJING - Playing tourist on his first visit ever to China, President Barack Obama drew a chilly comparison between the Chinese capital and his Illinois hometown.

MOSCOW - A Russian icebreaker carrying more than 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on an Antarctic cruise has been successfully moving through ice and is just about 100 meters away from clear water, its owners said Thursday.

HONOLULU - The Trump International Hotel & Tower Waikiki Beach Walk, the first new Waikiki luxury property to open in more than 20 years, welcomed its first guests Monday.

NORWALK, Conn. - Priceline.com says average holiday airfares for Thanksgiving and the December holiday season are getting more expensive, but airfares vary depending on exactly which day you fly.

NEW YORK - Forty-five percent of U.S. consumers will take a vacation or leisure trip between Thanksgiving and March that involves paying for overnight accommodations, according to a new survey released Monday by Deloitte LLP.

NEW YORK - Say goodbye to 2010 in Times Square when the famous ball drops at midnight on New Year's Eve.

LAS VEGAS - New Year's Eve fireworks will return to the rooftops of Las Vegas Strip hotels to ring in 2010 after ground-level displays disappointed revelers last year, event and county officials said.