Consumer Reports Travel Letter 1997 - Abstracts

Consumer Reports Travel Letter 1997
TitleSubjectAuthors
Air deals in Asia, Latin America: good visitor fares in the bigger countries. (includes list of common airfare rules and requirements)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Airfare report: interesting, yes; useful, maybe.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Airline meals: how's the food? (includes related articles on alternatives to eating airline food and portrayal of meals on airline commercials)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Airline news.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Airline news. (miscellaneous fare and service information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Airline ratings: C- for ATA's report card. (Air Travelers Association)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Airline seat comfort: in a word, dismal.(includes related information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Airlines news.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Airlines safety ratings: not now, maybe never. (includes comments by Travel Letter editor Ed Perkins on safety)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Air passes, visitor tickets for touring Europe. (includes related information for travelers)Travel, recreation and leisure 
AmEx cuts back overseas car-rental coverage. (American Express)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Bank cards give AmEx mileage credit. (American Express)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Banks slash travel benefits: cutting charge-card earnings and awards.Travel, recreation and leisure 
BofA's new Visa earns free airline tickets. (Bank of America)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Budget hotels: solid value. (includes related information on hotel security and chart of what hotels offer what services)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Car rentals can be taxing: can you avoid soaring fees? (includes related information about collision damage waiver law change in Illinois)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Consolidator airfares: true ticket discounters. (includes directory of providers)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Cruise lines discontinue separate port charges.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Discount dining programs: cheaper meals, more miles. (includes lists of restaurants in New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA and program benefits)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Europe's great rail bazaar: passes vs. separate tickets. (includes detailed listing of European rail passes)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Frequent-flier plans: which pays off best? (includes information on possible promotion from United and very-frequent flier benefits)Travel, recreation and leisure 
FTC and states zap card mills, scamsters.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Goodbye, comfort class: TWA's makeover favors business travelers.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Half-price hotel books: fatter yet for '97: but do they deliver on the hype? (includes related articles)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Heading down the highway. (mapping software; includes related information) (Software Review)(Evaluation)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Hotel and cruise deals: upcoming promotions and specials. (includes information on hotel reservation services and cruise discounts)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Hotel brokers: the easiest discounts, for big cities worldwide. (includes related travel information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Hotel promotions.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Hotel vouchers: any good?(includes related information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
No match: three airline quality surveys at odds.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Preferred hotel rates: often the best discounts.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Premium seat, moderate cost. (how to achieve comfort when traveling by airplane)(includes related information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Pros and cons of travel clubs.(includes directory of clubs and other related information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Rail passes: North America, Pacific. (includes list of information sources and related articles on VIA Rail's services and the future of Amtrak)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Regional airlines: improving.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Rent a cottage, condo, or house? (includes directory of sources for vacation rentals)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Rental-car promotions.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Renting a car in Europe: your best bets for 1997. (includes related articles on buying a car and selling it back and cost comparison between riding the train and renting a car)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Shabby travel tactics: don't be trapped by deceptions.Travel, recreation and leisure 
Small, low-fare airlines: weathering the ValuJet storm. (comfort scores and information on 19 small carriers are given; includes related articles)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Spending your way to 'free' air trips: charge cards that earn mileage credit. (includes related travel information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Spring/summer hotel deals; relief from zooming prices. (North America and Europe; includes information about Visa's promotional programs)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Status-conscious airfares: for young, old, bereaved. (includes related information about Delta's promotion for seniors and discounted travel to Europe)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Staying in Rome: hotels and alternatives. (includes related travel information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Summer charters: scarce. (airline charter flights)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Travel in 1997: what's best, what's new. (includes related information and news of innovations)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Visitor airfares down under: where flying may be the only way. (includes related travel information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Vouchers as payoffs: now you see 'em.... (refund compensation with air travel vouchers may not always work out well)(Editorial)Travel, recreation and leisurePerkins, Ed
What's new in all-suites: you and your stuff can spread out. (includes related information)Travel, recreation and leisure 
Winter charters: sun, surf, ski and Europe.Travel, recreation and leisure 
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