I think that the traditional family vacation has shifted from the two-week vacation with a plane trip at the beginning and at the end to a lot of shorter vacations throughout the year.

Once everybody gets on the plane with few bags, once the plane lands, getting off the plane is a lot easier.

There's ... a liability issue. If an American Airlines plane hits clear air turbulence and someone is injured, they can fall back on the fact that they have it stated in their policy that they must be seated with their seat belt fastened at all times.

Bad weather is expected all week up and down the East Coast, with concomitant flight delays and hassles, so if you don't have to be out there in the slop, stay home.

One common mistake that people make is they think that they're checked-in for the flight if they've simply checked their bags and that's not always the case.

When it comes to airline bankruptcies, infrequent travelers tend to freak out. They think bankruptcy is liquidation. But that's not the case.