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A rainy forecast is causing online ticket prices to drop for the opening game of the World Series in New York.
Eight of America’s pet-friendly airlines today announced the launch of a new travel program that will put an end to the ongoing problem of travelers and their pets being bumped from flights because the pet carrier does not meet the airline requirements.
Travelers who buy airline tickets already wrestle with add-ons like cars, hotels, or planting a tree to make up for the jet fuel planes burn. Soon, they may be able to donate to fight AIDS in developing countries, too.
Hamstrung by the recession, most airlines are ramping up passenger fees for services once considered part of the ticket price. So far, fliers have not revolted.
Police say they have arrested former University of Kentucky basketball star Edward Davender in a scam to sell fraudulent season tickets for the upcoming season.
Basically, we’ve concluded that the travel industry is largely comprised of money-grubbing opportunists, and no fire sale is going to fix that. Here are ways companies can win us back.
The Metropolitan Opera was singing a happy song about the first day of individual box office sales for the upcoming season.
Across the travel industry, companies are adopting clever definitions of everything from “day” to “year” — all with the apparent intent of keeping your money, or just bringing in a little more.
With the New York Mets fading from contention, the team has cut ticket prices up to 50 percent for some seats for 13 of 26 remaining home games.
One of the travel industry’s favorite new tricks is waiting to tell you about onerous new terms until it’s too late — whether they’re trying to modify a reservation or redeem their loyalty points.
Southern California's only NFL team is having a hard time selling out its games because of the slow economy.
With apologies to George Carlin, if airports are all about going places, why do you begin your trip in a terminal?
The ticket hand-off for Michael Jackson's public memorial service in Los Angeles has been going smoothly at Dodger Stadium.
Want to score a ticket to the sold-out Beyonce concert at Madison Square Garden this month? It'll cost you only two extra bucks — for now.
On the heels of its first successful "No service fee Wednesday," concert promoter Live Nation Inc. says it will expand the summer ticket program from the lawn to reserved seats this week, while acknowledging that some fees never went away.
FIFA says tickets are sold out for the opening and final matches of the 2010 World Cup, as well as for all possible games involving England, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands.
Fernando Lugo occupies Paraguay's highest office, but he's not above the rules of the road.
Hundreds of Pittsburgh Penguins fans got text messages saying they had won four tickets to an upcoming playoff game, but were disappointed to learn the messages had been sent in error.
Mention those empty seats at Yankee Stadium at your own risk.
A Michigan mayor says a warning wasn't enough after he was stopped for speeding. So he asked for a ticket instead — and got it. Warren Mayor Jim Fouts was pulled over Monday on the way to City Hall for going 45 mph in a 40 mph zone. The officer told him to watch it next time.
A recent “World for $1” promotion by LastMinuteTravel.com promised a room “in any of our 15,000 hotels” for $1 a night. The only catch? You had to book them during a specified 15-minute window.
Yes, I’m worried about the economy and the downward spiral of my retirement account values. But lately I’ve been eating out a bit more and booking extra trips out of town.
A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange rewarded for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket.
A New York City man who fought a parking ticket he got while dressed as Santa Claus and giving out toys says the city's response is more ho-hum than ho-ho.
Affectionate cat distracts policemanA police department in Texas in the US has released footage of an over-affectionate cat distracting a policeman trying to issue a ticket to a motorist. The video, filmed by a camera in officer Keith Urban's patrol car, shows the cat crawling up his leg and then onto his head.
No substitutions: Officer doesn't trade pizza for speeding-ticket break A pizza deliverer has appeared in court on charges that he tried to bribe a police officer with a pepperoni pizza when he was ticketed for speeding in Sandy.
Texas Lottery | Lotto board: Victim will not get money The lotto-theft victim, whose million-dollar ticket was claimed by someone else, will not get any money from the Lotto Commission. They justified the decision by saying the suspect signed the back of the lotto ticket, so he is the winner in their eyes.
Dallas ticket for not speaking English called a rookie mistake A Dallas rookie police officer erred when he cited a woman earlier this month for being a non-English speaking driver, police said.
10-Year-Old Gets $260 Ticket At School A 10-year-old student was given a $260 ticket for disrupting class at his school, KFOX-TV in El Paso reported. For the boy's mother, the incident all started with a phone call at around 9 a.m. one day.
Oops! LIRR sells her another ticket on old paperNearly a month after a Jericho woman was held for three hours by authorities because a Long Island Rail Road conductor thought the ticket sold to her on out-of-circulation paper stock was counterfeit, the LIRR still is using the old paper - including for another ticket recently s …
Detroit woman gets 45 tickets, including DUI, skips all the court dates, and never gets arrested till nowWith 45 "administrative suspensions" of her driver's license on file — but no record of ever having had a driver's license — a 33-year-old Detroit woman was arrested today in Ferndale while driving a car that had been reported stolen, police said.
Knicks' Nate Robinson tried to get out of ticketNate Robinson could've used some of the superpowers that helped the 5'9" New York Knicks guard win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest two times when he came up against a New York City police officer the other night.
Man towed after sign movedA New York man said he was hit with a $95 ticket and a $185 tow fee after he parked and a city crew later moved a diplomat-only parking sign to his space.
Girl gets $50 ticket for lemonade standA 10-year-old girl in New York says she received a $50 ticket from parks department officials for operating a lemonade stand without a permit.
Woman Sues LIRR After Detained For 'Fake' Ticket -A woman from Jericho has launched a $500,000 lawsuit against the Long Island Rail Road and Metropolitan Transportation Authority cops, claiming she was held for more than three hours after a conductor wrongfully accused her of using a counterfeit ticket.
Pranksters put pal and his sofa on trainPranksters took their revenge on couch potato Gerle Kittler when he nodded off on the sofa during a pal's party.
Man Pulled Over For Going Too Slow: 58 in a 65Erik Bonstrom considers himself a safe driver. So imagine his surprise when he was stopped along Route 50 Tuesday evening in Prince George's County, Md., -- for going too slow. A man who considers himself a safe driver is protesting a ticket he got for driving too slow.
-- The following links to an article regarding the "boys will be boys" actions of two law officers, one a state trooper and one a local police officer, which took place recently in central Ohio.
Jackson ticket holders offered refund or souvenir ticket - CNN.comTo be honest I think that I would just want a refund. It seems that people who had bought tickets for Michael's latest concert had a chance to get a souvenir ticket, but since they didn't see the concert I don't see the point.
Dirt-poor farmer wins $289 million | Herald SunThis rags to riches story is worth a look. Winning the lottery really helped this family that was down on its luck.
NY Car Gets Weeks of Parking Tickets: Dead Body In Plain View InsideNEW YORK (CBS) ―A New York City woman said her father apparently lay dead for weeks in a minivan while police repeatedly left parking tickets on the vehicle, seen here, below the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway underpass.
Which are the worst states for tickets?Diane Daniel knows her drive to the North Carolina coast this Memorial Day weekend will take longer. But it won't be the traffic slowing her down -- it will be the cops.
Workers flee in terror as motorist angry at speeding ticket drives his car into U.S. city hall... and around the corridorseAn irate motorist who was angry at being told to turn his radio down drove his car into a town hall causing more than £125,000 worth of damage. Staff jumped for their lives as Marcus Johnson's car careered through revolving glass doors and continued down a corridor.
Oregon trooper reels in line of Ferraris, LamborghiniSo said Oregon State Senior Trooper David Petersen after he was able to catch up with six exotic sports cars on a stretch of Highway 18 near Grand Ronde on Thursday, according to a news release. Perhaps a more amazing feat was that he stopped all the cars simultaneously.
Google Street View Gets Ticket, Captures Self Getting Ticket On Google Street ViewLast summer, when the team was busy mapping the streets of London for the recent European Google Maps Street View rollout, one of its speedier drivers was pulled over by Britain's finest for a traffic violation.
Marijuana bill gets committee OK The legislative Judiciary Committee on Tuesday night approved legislation that would end criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana and create mail-in fines of $250. The bill was approved 23-11 after a two-hour debate and next moves to the state Senate.
Outrage after cop keeps man from dying relativeRacing to see his dying mother-in-law at a Plano hospital, an NFL player found himself delayed by a Dallas officer as her life ebbed away. It's a story that has sparked outrage across North Texas and generated interest around the country
Mom given ticket for reviving sonDisability activists say they're backing a British mother given a $145 parking ticket when she stopped to revive her severely disabled son.
Woman's Use Of Expletives Lands Her In Court The way a woman responded to a traffic ticket has come back to haunt her a year later.
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