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Kieferpix | Istock | Getty Images A record 43.2 million people are expected to travel by car this July 4 holiday, according to AAA, the motoring and leisure travel membership organization. The good news for those drivers is that gas prices around the country are lower than they were last year. The national average for

In this article JBLU UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Planes are seen on the tarmac as people wait for their flight reschedule inside of the Newark International Airport on June 27, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.  Kena Betancur | Getty Images News | Getty Images United Airlines‘ CEO Scott Kirby said that without

Andrew Bret Wallis | DigitalVision | Getty Images A busy holiday weekend may be marred by flight delays and cancellations for thousands of travelers — and experts suggest that consumers understand their financial recourse ahead of time should their travel plans get interrupted. “It’s good for people to know they have rights,” said Teresa Murray,

In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person sits on the ground at JFK International airport on June 30, 2023 in New York City. David Dee Delgado | Getty Images Flight delays and cancellations continued to mar thousands of Fourth of July travelers on Friday, with United Airlines passengers bearing the

In this article SPR BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An aerial view of the engines and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX airplane parked in storage at King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, June 1, 2022. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Workers at Boeing aircraft parts supplier Spirit Aerosystems approved a

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Southwest Airlines Co. plane takes off as representatives and pilots from the Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association (SWAPA) demonstrate outside Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty Images Southwest Airlines pilots’ union

In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines on Tuesday raised its second-quarter forecast and estimated full-year adjusted earnings of $6 a share, at the high end of estimates it gave last April as strong travel demand and trade-ups to more expensive fare classes

In this article UAL JBLU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Passengers wait at the Newark Liberty International Airport as more than 2000 flights were canceled due to the nationwide storm in New Jersey, United States on June 27, 2023.  Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Flight disruptions mounted Tuesday as severe storms

A Southwest Boeing 737 airplane takes off into a smoke haze from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, June 8, 2023, as smoke from wildfires in Canada blankets the area. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images More than 7,000 U.S. flights were delayed and nearly 900 canceled on Sunday as thunderstorms snarled

Within five years of moving to Europe, businessman Douglas Loewe “fell in love” with Barcelona, he said. He decided to buy a home there, spending about 500,000 euros ($545,000) to purchase an apartment in the city’s famous Eixample neighborhood in 1999, the senior operating partner at Macquarie said. But by 2017, Loewe felt the two-bedroom

In this article QAN-AU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT From popping melatonin to making fists with your toes, passengers have long employed strategies to combat the negative effects of air travel. But airlines can play a role too, according to new research from Qantas and the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre. The research

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A worker directs a Southwest Airlines Co. Boeing 737 passenger jet pushing back from a gate at Midway International Airport (MDW) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Southwest Airlines said Friday that it has reached

In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Passengers check in for United Airlines flights at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 13, 2022. Scott Olson | Getty Images United Airlines said Thursday it will start sending meal and hotel vouchers for disrupted travel to passengers’ phones, in hopes of avoiding customer

Marko Klaric / EyeEm | EyeEm | Getty Images Americans are eager to travel this summer despite inflation-strapped budgets. “They’re booking flights, hotels, rental cars, vacation homes,” said Hopper economist Hayley Berg. “They are also exhibiting deal-seeking behavior.” The overall price of travel is up 16% from this time in 2019, according to the NerdWallet

Austria’s Vienna has come up top again as the best city to live in globally, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The Global Liveability Index 2023 attributed Vienna’s success to its “winning combination” of stability, good culture and entertainment, reliable infrastructure, exemplary education and health services. “It has occupied this position

Hush trips may be getting harder to pull off. Some companies are getting strict about their return-to-office policies, and it’s not as easy to slip away for a workcation without notifying the boss. In the past year, nearly one in 10 workers embarked on a hush trip, according to a survey of 1,010 full-time workers

“Now Boarding” is a videocast about air travel and the business of flying. CNBC airlines reporter Leslie Josephs and CNBC senior producer Erin Black delve into topics like turbulence, airline status, boarding, jumbo jets and all things aviation. Watch this episode and others on CNBC’s YouTube channel. On this episode of “Now Boarding” Leslie and Erin discuss turbulence: what causes it, whether

In this article HD WMT TGT BBY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nearly all Americans are cutting back on their spending in some way, according to a new CNBC and Morning Consult survey. The survey found 92% of Americans are pulling back, further evidence of what retailers like Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Best