Travel News: Week of October 2, 2013

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• Passport machine to cut customs wait times at JFK
• US state department issues global threat warning
• Passenger told he cannot board EasyJet flight after tweeting complaint
• Clueless tourist brings loaded gun to 9/11 Memorial
• Air New Zealand plans charters to fly scientists to Antarctica, land on ice runway
• Southwest Plans to Devalue Rapid Rewards Points
• JetBlue to offer farmers market stand at N.Y. airport
• Airline pilots asleep in the cockpit during long-haul flight
• Proud Bird restaurant at LAX to close at end of year
• Eurostar inks deal to have London-to-Amsterdam train route in place by late 2016. Four hours! 
• Frontier Airlines Being Sold to Former Owner of Spirit Airlines

More Travel News: Chicago Tribune | L.A. Times | N.Y. Times | USA Today | CNN

GOOD TO KNOW TRAVEL NEWS

• JetBlue offers practice travel session for autistic children
• American, Qatar honor each other’s frequent flier programs
• NYT: With age comes (some) discounts
• Is over-sharing on social media ruining travel?
• Tauck Waives Single Supplement on Riverboat Cruises
• Apple Maps flaw results in drivers crossing Alaskan airport runway
• FAA to weigh allowing air passengers to use gadgets in airplane mode during takeoffs, landings
• AP Story: Airlines promise a return to civility, for a fee
• How to get around pricey airline ticket change fees
• American Airlines plans to hire 1,500 pilots
• JetBlue introduces new premium class called Mint on transcontinental flights
• World’s worst airline hopes to expand

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