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Travel news and guides: airfares, airlines, hotels, cruises and the best places to go, with what it costs and when to book.
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Southwest cuts its 2026 profit forecast by about a quarter, and fuel at $4.55 is the reason
A record $8.4 billion quarter, and the airline still lowered full-year earnings to $2.60 to $2.85 a share. Its own release shows fuel cost $821 million more than a year ago and is assumed to rise another 16% in the fourth quarter.
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EU calls Booking.com's scam defenses "absolutely substandard" and opens a fraud probe
The European Commission opened a Digital Services Act investigation on October 21 into fake listings, phishing of guests and unlabelled paid rankings. For anyone booking a winter trip, the scam pattern it describes is worth knowing.
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Fewer people are flying as fares jump: TSA screenings run 2% below last year
TSA screened 18.3 million people in the seven days to October 19, about 373,000 fewer than the same weekdays a year earlier. The prior week was down 2.7%.
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Delta cuts Main Cabin seats for winter and guides revenue up 20%: cheap holiday seats get scarcer
Delta's own filing says December-quarter seats will grow less than 2% with fewer Main Cabin seats, while fuel is assumed at $4.25 a gallon, up from $3.61 in the summer quarter.
