As airlines continue to raise fees for checked luggage, more travelers are coming up with creative ways to dodge them.
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Gaming the Luggage System
January 31st, 2010 
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Tags: Airlines, airlines-continue, Dodge, Luggage News, Luggage?!?!?, more-travelers, raise-fees, Travelers 
No Comments »Baggage Fee Not Taxable, I.R.S. Says
January 29th, 2010 Luggage Boy Full-fare carriers count on checked-bag charges as a source of revenue, and the Internal Revenue Service’s decision protects that growing revenue stream.
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Why we need a passenger bill of rights by Pauline Frommer
December 17th, 2009 Luggage Boy Editor's Note: On Monday, Dec. 21, the Department of Transportation announced that airlines will be required to let passengers deplane after being stuck on the tarmac for 3 hours, and that they will have to?provide food and water after 2 hours. According to the Associated Press, the rule is effective in 120 days.
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Why we need a passenger bill of rights by Pauline Frommer
Posted in Luggage News Tags: Airline, holiday, house, issue, nearly-verbatim, passenger, Senate, Thoughts, travel, Winter No Comments »Arizona: Stolen Luggage Discovered
November 4th, 2009 Luggage Boy Two people suspected of stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix’s airport have been arrested.
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Posted in Luggage News Tags: Baggage Claim, Carousels, carousels-at-phoenix, Luggage News, People, people-suspected, Phoenix, Stolen Luggage No Comments »With Video, a Traveler Fights Back
October 29th, 2009 Luggage Boy A singer, whose career was boosted by his music video on YouTube about baggage handlers at United breaking his guitar, had his luggage temporarily lost by the airline on a trip to speak to executives about customer service.
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Business Travelers Take to Their Bikes
October 20th, 2009 Luggage Boy The desire to stay fit and save money is inspiring more to ride their bikes, not just to work but also on business trips.
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Posted in Luggage News Tags: Bikes, Business Travelers, Business Trips, Desire, inspiring-more, Luggage News, Money, stay-fit No Comments »Toland collects backpacks for local Children (Tewksbury Town Crier)
August 31st, 2009 Luggage Boy TEWKSBURY - Only a junior in high school, Tewksbury’s Ashley Toland realizes the importance of giving back to the community. While most teenagers spend their summers relaxing and enjoying the freedom, Toland chose another route - organizing the first annual “Back Pack Attack,” a fundraiser which donates backpacks and school supplies to needy children in the Merrimack Valley in time for the new ...
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