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Bibliography of Travel Law
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/25/airlines-dress-code-controversy-cleavage-2012_n_1829989.html
Source: Skift
Author: Dennis Schaal
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http://skift.com/2012/08/30/american-airlines-ruling-industry-wide-conspiracy-or-grassy-knoll-fantasies/
NB: This is a guest article by Al Anolik, a travel law attorney at Anolik Law Group in California, US.
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http://www.tnooz.com/2012/08/22/news/hotel-price-fixing-case-will-likely-do-little-but-generate-legal-fee-bonanza/?utm_source=Tnooz+Mailing+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fdb5e52b04-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN
Southwest Airlines charged Romona Cobian $11,407 for a ticket to Los Angeles. “My stomach just flip flopped. I thought ‘oh, what’s going on?’ They’re going to deplete my bank account.”
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http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/08/09/call-kurtis-southwest-billing-glitch-leaves-customers-with-no-way-to-pay-bills/
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Small travel agencies beware: When you advertise an airline fare that does not include all mandatory taxes and fees in the total amount, you could end up paying a fine of up to $27,500 per infraction. Under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new price advertising rule, which took effect on Jan.
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http://www.travelpulse.com/dot-air-fare-ad-rule-may-snag-small-agencies-independent-agents.html&u=9526BA00-0832-4D27-8A94-BD8F0A35EBA5
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http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-traveler
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http://moneyland.time.com/2012/06/11/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-travel-insurance/
The Big Kahuna The California Sellers of Travel Law
The OSSN Agent The Official Newspaper of the Outside Sales Support Network
September / October 2001
By Al Anolik
ARTA General Counsel
Where's Your Luggage? Airline Lose Your Bags? You've Got Lots Of Company, But Options Too
By Diane C. Lade Staff writer
What To Do With United Air Miles
ABC7 KGO-TV
Originally published by ABC7 KGO-TV
Dec. 5 — With all the problems United Airlines is experiencing, what should frequent flier mileage holders do with their United miles?
Travel attorney, Al Anolik, suggests Mileage Plus members use their miles — and fast.
The safest way to go is to use the miles to purchase trips on different airlines. United has 13 partners in its Star Alliance, such as Mexicana.
November 9, 2003
Travel Talk Radio BOOK OF THE WEEK, Traveler’s Rights – Your Legal Guide to Fair Treatment and Full Value
November 4, 2003
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January 27, 2003
Listen to Travel Talk Radio listener describe her ordeal of
Traveling by air with an allergy to peanuts! What to do! . . . Al Knows! Rental Car and Hotel contracts and overbooking.
"The Truth About Travel Agent Unions"
Unlike death and taxes-the only things in life that are supposed to be certain-the law can prove to be exceedingly gray and indefinite.
That's the case with issues like the formation of a labor union for travel agency owners, front-line employees, and independent contractor agents.
Symposium to feature Web firms' attorneys
WASHINGTON -- Attorneys for Cruise.com, Travelocity and Worldspan -- representing a spectrum of Web-focused businesses -- will be panelists during the fifth annual National Travel Law Symposium set for Jan. 15 here.
State Regulations: Enforcement is key
For details from the 10 most significant travel agent laws, see State Regulations: Who requires what
By Nadine Godwin
Originally Published here:
State Regulations: Cross-border issues
Previous articles in the State Regulations series:
State Regulations: Contractor complications
Previous articles in the State Regulations series:
State Regulations: Disclosure by the book
Previous articles in the State Regulations series:
• Laws seen as fundraisers
• Enforcement is key
• Who requires what
Society wins latest ruling in California lawsuit
By Laura Del Rosso
Originally Published on www.travelweekly.com
Seminar to train agents to mediate disputes
By Laura Del Rosso
Originally published on www.travelweekly.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- A long-time travel agent and an industry attorney are looking to mediation to fill what they believe is a need in the industry: a less-expensive alternative to litigation to resolve disputes.
Seller law may outlast sunset clause
By Laura Del Rosso
article from http://www.travelweekly.com/articles.aspx?articleid=34829
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Seller of Travel law would become permanent under proposed legislation that recently passed the state’s Senate Business and Professions Committee.
Real Simple Magazine
October 2004
Life: When Accidents Happen
By: Craig Offman
Now What? Fender benders, dog bites, dry-cleaning disasters, and more – know your rights when things go wrong.
"Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts." Nikki Giovanni, Of Liberation
Pleasant, agency resolve discounting flap
By Nadine Godwin
Originally Posted on www.travelweekly.com
Nacta's role in car rental suit upsets lawyer
By Michael Milligan
Originally Posted on www.travelweekly.com
More Fliers Forced To Give Up Seats:
Overbookings Surge as Airlines Trim Schedules; Passenger Compensation Unchanged Since 1978.
By Scott McCartney, Wall Street Journal
LOST LUGGAGE EXPERIENCE FRUSTRATING FOR TRAVELERS
Originally published on Kron4’s website
It is one of those things that ruins a vacation...the airline losing or misplacing your luggage.
It's a nightmare that affects millions of airline passengers a year.
The Importance of Travel Insurance
How To Sue An Airline
from Travel ConfidentialTM newsletter
March, 2000
Hall attorneys seek 'members of the class'
By Michael Milligan
Originally Posted on www.travelweekly.com
Groups may merge airline antitrust suits
By Laura Del Rosso
Originally Posted On: TravelWeekly.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two grassroots agent groups hoping to launch antitrust lawsuits against the airlines are talking about a possible merger.
Getting walked by 'wacko' hotel employees
Firm charges major operators with price-fixing
By David Cogswell
Originally Posted on: www.travelweekly.com
Fifth travel law symposium slated for Jan. 15
Originally Posted on: www.travelweekly.com
WASHINGTON -- Travel Weekly and ARTA announced plans for their fifth annual National Travel Law Symposium. Taking the theme, Travel, Technology and the Law, the event is set for the Washington Marriott hotel on Jan. 15.
Debit memos coming hot, heavy and 'stupid'
By Nadine Godwin
Originally Published at: www.travelweekly.com
NEW YORK -- Travel lawyers, from their unique vantage point in the industry, report an increase this year in the number of airline debit memos, the dollars demanded in the debit memos and illogical justifications for debit memos.
Crackdown: Bad publicity for retailers
By Laura Del Rosso
Originally Published on: TravelWeekly.com
Cancelled Flights Don't Always Mean Refunds
Originally published on Kron4’s website
BAY AREA (KRON) -- With airlines cutting back on flights, Contact 4 has been hearing more complaints from consumers who say they're not getting refunds although they've paid in full
It wasn't a mechanics strike, but a terrorist strike that caused Dina Lisha's problems.
The Bottom Line On Airline Bumping
Originally Published at: http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_180203058.html
Reported by:
Jeanette Pavini
ASTA set to sue defunct line's estate
By Rebecca Tobin
Originally Published at: Travelweekly.com
Anolik: Ease agent penalty for stolen tickets
Complete presentations:
Barry Roberts, Roberts & Hundertmark
Doug Crozier, Heifetz, Crozier, Law
Mark Pestronk, Law Offices of Mark Pestronk
Terry F. Lazar,Global Reservation System
Kathleen O. Argiropoulos, Airlines Reporting Corp.
Bruce Bishins, U.S. Travel Agent Registry
Agent wins pay claim against Princess
By Rebecca Tobin
Originally Published on: www.travelweekly.com
Agents File Federal Court Petitions to Force SunTrips Into Bankruptcy
From: Travel Trade
’We never had any problems. There were no bells or whistles from American.’
Karen Meyer
co-owner Tour World Travel
Wichita Falls, Texas
By Laura Del Rosso
Originally Posted on: KTVU.com
1. "You'll get lost in cyberspace."
Travel Law
BY ALEXANDER ANOLIK
By Barbara De Lollis, USA TODAY
International travelers could have something new to worry about if terrorism alerts ever again force airlines to cancel specific flights as they did over the recent holidays.
By Chris Woodyard
and Barbara De Lollis, USA TODAY
The airline industry is having a problem with wide bodies.
Not big planes — rather, big passengers.
As many Americans have grown wider around the middle, they are having an increasingly hard time fitting into economy-class seats. Now, airlines are taking action.
On the Road with Bill McGee
Most of us intend to prevent trouble before it even starts by making good travel planning decisions and straightening out problems as they arise. But every traveler knows that sooner or later they'll take "The Trip from Hell."
By Jerry Chandler
www.travelagewest.com/newsarticle.asp?articleid=471
A key plaintiff's attorney, in an action alleging nine major airlines conspired to cut commissions, said the lawsuit is still on track - this despite a counterclaim by one of the carriers.
USA Today
Posted 10/3/2006 3:32 PM ET
Question: We booked a five-night, six-day all-inclusive vacation in June for our family, including our three young children, at Beaches Turks & Caicos through Unique Vacations, Beaches' travel partner. But conditions at the resort were deplorable and we had to leave after the first night.
More Ahead for Suntrips
Originally Posted: www.travelagewest.com/articles.aspx?article=4905
June 26, 2006
TRAVEL Q&A
Job 1: Goof-proof your trip
Travel agents make mistakes too, so it pays to double-check their work.
Suntrips Trip Refunds Part Two
CBS 13/UPN 31
Originally Posted: http://cbs13.com/seenon/local_story_097005327.html
April 6, 2006
Suntrips Trip Refund That Never Came
CBS 13/UPN 31
Originally posted: http://cbs13.com/consumer/local_story_096005707.html
April 5, 2006
Mystery at Sea: Who Polices the Ships?
By CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT
February 26, 2006
From the New York TImes
Originally Posted on: http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/travel/26crime.html?pagewanted=print
Risks on the road ahead
Canceled flights, overbooked hotels, civil unrest: How to prepare for the worst.
By Laurie Berger
Special to The Times
January 22, 2006
Originally Posted: www.latimes.com/services/site/premium/interceptlogin.register
If a seatmate smells bad, come clean to the crew -- quickly
From the Los Angeles Times
TRAVEL Q&A
By: Laurie Berger
December 4, 2005
TRAVEL Q&A
Your rights when a flight is delayed
By: Laurie Berger
October 2, 2005
WHEN planes don't fly as promised, passengers often resort to pounding their fists rather than demanding their rights.
TRAVEL Q&A
Nonrefundable? It sometimes pays to fight company policy
When you must cancel a trip, it is possible to get back your money. Just be persistent and follow up meticulously.
Laurie Berger
November 6, 2005
Too good to be true? Maybe it was.
Travelers said they paid $900 to $1,000 each for tickets. Officials are looking into whether an agency took the money and ran.
LA TIMES
By Laurie Berger
Special to The Times
TRAVEL Q&A
Dodging the hassles
By: Laurie Berger
July 10, 2005
If you like trouble-free travel, forget about going anywhere during the summer.
NCL Pride of America to Host Regis and Kelly
Originally published at: http://www.modernagent.com/x/modernagent/visitor/resources/travelpulse.cds?f=4-26-2005#1499
July 6, 2005
Persistence, knowledge make squawking manageable
Published in the Asbury Park Press 04/20/05
BY DAVID MANNWEILER
The Indianapolis Star
Sheep is what Christopher Elliott considers today’s complacent travelers.
Passport and tickets are just a start
Other documents can prevent hassles
- Jane Engle, Los Angeles Times
Sunday, February 27, 2005
It takes more than a passport to speed you on your way
Carrying the right documents can prevent trouble, especially for parents or those with medical conditions.
TRAVEL Q&A
An online rental-car runaround
A traveler with a confirmed reservation was left stranded. Here's what should have happened.
Laurie Berger
SAN FRANCISCO -- Travel attorney Alexander Anolik informed five tour operators that he wrote to the U.S. Justice Department about what he considers price-fixing when the operators forbid discounting of their products by intermediaries.
Banking on Travel
March 19, 2004
TAKEOFFS & LANDINGS
By Heather Won Tesoriero
As appeared in the Wall Street Journal of San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose Metropolitan Area; Denver Metropolitan Area; Springfield - Holyoke Metropolitan Area; and Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.
Originally Published at
ABC7 KGO-TV/DT 12-11-03
Nov. 12 2003 — Pets are an important part of the family, so you can imagine how devastated a Napa couple was when a major airline lost their dog. 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney explains.
By Kevin Brass
www.travelagewest.com/newsarticle.asp?articleid=2493
10/6/2003
A federal judge has approved the first settlement in the Sarah Futch Hall antitrust case against the major airlines, prompting speculation that more settlement agreements may soon follow.
JetBlue Action Prompts Suits, Federal Scrutiny
With an increase in bankruptcies, travel insurers' business booming
By Barry Estabrook
New York Times
Posted Sept. 4, 2003
For those aboard the ship World Discoverer, an Around the Ring of Fire cruise proved memorable -- perhaps too much so.
Orlando Sentinel
By Catherine Wilson
The Associated Press
Posted August 28 2003
MIAMI -- An appeals court reinstated a medical negligence suit Wednesday against Carnival Cruise Lines in a case that attorneys say has wide implications for passengers who need medical care aboard ships.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
August 17, 2003
PRACTICAL TRAVELER
The Risk of Insolvency
By BARRY ESTABROOK
For those aboard the ship World Discoverer, this spring's Around the Ring of Fire cruise proved memorable - perhaps too much so.
The Risk of Insolvency
By BARRY ESTABROOK
www.travelagewest.com/newsarticle.asp?articleid=2323
By Kevin Brass
7/7/2003
Within hours of signing a settlement agreement with Lufthansa Airlines, Jeanine Flaugher, one of the lead plaintiffs in the class-action agent suit against 17 airlines, changed her mind about the deal.
By Jorge Sidron
Travel Weekly
June 23, 2003
San Francisco---Six major car rental companies have been slapped with a class-action lawsuit accusing them of “systematically and regularly” underreporting and underpaying travel agent commissions.
By Anne Banas, Smarter Living Staff -- USA Today
February 2003
Originally published on Kron4’s website
Posted: January 21, 2003 at 6:03 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- January is prime season for cruise bookings and many cruise lines are now offering bargains to lure the reluctant, cautious or budget-conscious traveler.
Travel Rights
November 13, 2002
Nov.
DECEMBER 03, 2001 -- The Airlines Reporting Corp. today launched Compass, a faster, Web-based data storage and ticket record retrieval system that offers more flexible searching and sorting capabilities.
Airlines: Get Out Of The Gray Area
Enhanced SyStems Target Back-To-Back, Hidden Ticketing Practices
By SARAH WELT
OCTOBER 11, 1999
Enhanced SyStems Target Back-To-Back, Hidden Ticketing Practices
By SARAH WELT
OCTOBER 11, 1999
SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 -- Last month, Travel Agent Arbiter William McGee ruled in favor of a small Los Angeles-based travel agency to relieve it of liability to the Airlines Reporting Corp. for tickets stolen in 1997. The decision came as the result of a request for reconsideration by Pedroza Travel after the arbiter first ruled in favor of ARC on April 29.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 -- Last month, Travel Agent Arbiter William McGee ruled in favor of a small Los Angeles-based travel agency to relieve it of liability to the Airlines Reporting Corp. for tickets stolen in 1997. The decision came as the result of a request for reconsideration by Pedroza Travel after the arbiter first ruled in favor of ARC on April 29.
Tech Talk
By MARY ANN MCNULTY, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
JANUARY 11, 1999
Applying some of the latest technology to the age-old problems of recruiting and data collection, two travel industry veterans have launched the TravelManagement.com Website.
Protecting The Independent Contractor Status
by Alexander Anolik, Esq.,
November 11, 1998
Too many agency owners are putting themselves and their independent contractors at legal and economic risk by not providing or demanding the basic requirements for their own protection.
Caribbean Agencies 'Overlooked' in Caps Payout
"We were capped on February 1995, the same as the domestic agents." -- Bernice Cordero, ASTA, Puerto Rico/U.S.V.I. chapter
By Michael Milligan
Originally Published on: TravelWeekly.com
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