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Southwest Airlines offers expanded family boarding ages on some flights

There’s one major airline in the U.S. with no assigned seats: Southwest Airlines. Instead, you line up at the gate in ascending order of boarding assignment, then step onto the plane and claim your preferred available seat in a first-come,-first-to-pick arrangement. There are up to 60 people in each boarding group. The Southwest boarding process is generally not as…

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Grand Canyon’s Havasu Falls reopens to visitors

Havasu Falls — the famous waterfall located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon near the remote village of Supai, Arizona — is reopening after a three-year closure.  The location is arguably one of the most beautiful places you can hike to in Arizona, and it’s the ancestral home of the Havasupai Tribe. Permits were hard to come by…

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How to avoid fuel surcharges on award travel

Fuel surcharges — also known as carrier-imposed surcharges or YQ surcharges — are an important issue for award travel enthusiasts. After all, these extra fees can make your award flight cost hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars in addition to your miles redeemed. In 2022, multiple airlines, including ANA and Emirates, increased fuel surcharges. In some cases, fuel surcharges…

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