LAX Just Banned This Common Travel Necessity

It’s a season of savings for travelers looking for a deal on airfare this fall and winter.  Southwest Airlines' «September Travel Included» sale includes flights for fall booked before Aug. 24. The fare sale is valid on most flights between Sept. 19 and Feb. 14, 2024. Flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico and the islands of Hawaii are valid until March 6, 2024. Travel + Leisure looked into the fare sale and found discounts on popular routes including: 

Visitors to LAX will find out what Los Angeles-based travelers already know; that there is limited public transportation from LAX to other parts of LA County. LA Metro may disagree, but there’s a big difference between taking a direct train to the airport, as in Europe, Japan and even JFK, versus taking a collection of buses, trains, and walking to get to (or away from) LAX.

United Airlines will once again be flying from the United States and China with the return of service to Beijing and more flights to Shanghai.

Calling all job hunters: the city of Wellington, New Zealand, is welcoming Americans to move and work in the county's capital — touting its great work/life balance.

It just got easier and cheaper to escape to paradise with a flash sale from Air Tahiti Nui from Los Angeles. 

These days, Babba Rivera is practically synonymous with her haircare line Ceremonia. The brand's Instagram feed is filled with shots of her lush brown hair, drenched in guava-scented products; signature pops of hibiscus pink, lime, and tangerine, are both splashed across bottles of deep-conditioners and her envy-inducing wardrobe. In that way, the line between work and personal life is always blurry—something she was reminded of when she recently spent a month working from Mexico City. 

It’s the end of an era for plastic water bottles at the Los Angeles International Airport.

United Airlines has banned a woman from flying with the airline after she forced a flight to divert from its intended destination, the airline told Insider in a statement.

A lot of dishes were shattered during the pandemic. Although some breakage was accidental, incidental or ad hoc, the greatest damage was done in smash rooms, padded cells where people paid good money to sledgehammer remaindered crockery by the hour. Smash rooms were advertised as safe spaces to release Covid-induced anger and frustration. Many therapists questioned the effectiveness. One psychologist compared it to treating a gambling addiction by sending patients to Harrah’s.

IHG Rewards this week released its latest list of PointBreaks hotels that are available for booking for just 5,000 points per night.

WOW Air, the Iceland-based no-frills carrier that raised eyebrows with its $99 fares from Boston and Baltimore to Iceland a year ago, now has something in common with Spirit Airlines, the U.S. carrier notorious for its nickel-and-diming and generally customer-unfriendly ways.

North American travelers looking for bargain transatlantic fares will have lots more options this summer, as European-based low-fare lines expand their reach. Three lines have announced aggressive moves: