According to the Travel Goods Association:
eBags has announced sales are up 31.4% compared to last year’s holiday season.
• Mobile sales account for 8.6% of total sales
• eBags private label sales are up 98% compared to last year
• eBags sales through Amazon.com are up 100% compared to last year
• Luggage sales are leading the way, up 44% compared to last year
I wonder if this could be a sign that travel, as well as the economy, could pick up in 2012?
American Eagle is phasing out its ATR-42 turboprops from DFW. Routes previously serviced by the turboprops will now be served by Embraer jets. ATR’s will still operate out of Miami and San Juan.
Spirit, the only U.S. airline to charge for carry-on bags, will earn an estimated $50 million in 2011 from those exact fees. Uh, oh. Let’s hope other airlines don’t get too greedy.
Most of us know to be watchful when going through airport security checkpoints to make sure none of our stuff is taken. But are you just as vigilent on the plane itself? Airfare Watchdgog’s George Hobica points out a few things in this Huffington Post column.
As the holiday season has now officially begun, let me wish all of you a happy and healthy holiday season. Safe travels to all who will be doing so this time of year. Daily Roundup will be sporadic through the New Year as we take time away from the computer to catch up on much needed rest.
I am behind on the revamp of this site as real life has been busier than expected. Look for changes in 2012 to include not only a new look but also more blog postings featuring news, reviews, commentary and possibly even trip reports.
December 20, 2011 
Reader Comments (4)
Do you leave it on your tray, struggle and put iit back in the overhead from which you will have to retrieve it after the bathroom break, or do something elase. Assume further that your bag doesn't fit under the seat in front of you in a way that would leave any foot room and you are tall enough to need the room?
My main carry-on is, hopefully, in the overhead above. It is locked. Anything I want to use during the flight is in a daybag that has come out of my main carry-on either just before boarding, if allowed, or just as the main carry-on is being stowed.
If all I have is small electronics,I'll either lock the daybag, or if it's not lockable, I'll take the daybag with me to the toilet. If I have a netbook, or notebook,or larger tablet, and it is on my tray, no one would be stupid enough to take it. If it was gone, the people sitting near me would see. If they didn't stop it, or tell me about it, they are accomplices.
Either way, I tell a flight attendant. Where is the thief going to go at 30,000 feet? All the crew has to do is radio ahead, the police are waiting, and everyone is searched. Whoever has my stuff will be making a connection to jail.
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