Something Is Really Up at Southwest and American ✈ The Sunday Round-Up

Happy Halloween! 🎃 I hope you had a great week. Mine got a whole lot better since my daughter reacted well to the antibiotics and has recovered nicely from the early stages of pneumonia.

Something Is Really Up at Southwest and American Airlines
So far today (10:07am ET), Southwest has canceled 185 flights and American has canceled 688! To put that in perspective, United has canceled 9 flights and Delta 3. Oh, and did I mention that, according to the Associated Press a Southwest pilot signed off his public address greeting with ... Read the story here.

It was another busy week in the travel industry so please scroll down for the 12 most important travel news stories of the week as well as all of my travel tips from the week.

ROUND-UP: 12 Most Important Travel News Stories of the Week
— Travel ban will end Nov. 8 for international visitors who show proof of vaccination, negative coronavirus test
— CDC extends Conditional Sailing Order for cruises through January 15
— Flight attendant suffers broken bones in ‘one of the worst displays of unruly behavior’ in the skies
— Disneyland raises ticket prices for fifth time in five years
— Tesla's market value tops $1T after Hertz orders 100K cars
— Fight erupts between passengers on Delta flight bound for LA – Video
— After 1 1/2 Years, Australia Is About to Allow Citizens to Leave
— Breeze Airways Takes Delivery of First A220, Debuts “Nicest” Cabin Seating
— U.S. issues first passport with "X" gender marker
— Honolulu dropping most Covid restrictions for large events
— Marriott adopting dynamic pricing for loyalty program
— Eye scans may be coming soon to an airport near you
Read it all here in today's travel news round-up as well as the 84 other top travel news stories from this past week!

Travel Tips From Last Week:
Monday:
-N/A (out sick)
Tuesday:
-N/A (out sick)
Wednesday:
-You Might Miss Your Thanksgiving Flight and Not For The Reason You Think
-Great News! Hawaii is Welcoming Back Certain Visitors on November 1
-Responsible Travel in California
Thursday:
-This Nat Geo Show Will Teach You To Be A Better Packer and Show You Can Never Get Away With Trafficking Drugs
Friday:
-Sorry! This Viral Instagram Life-Saving Tip Isn’t True But Here’s What You Should Do Instead
Saturday:
-How To Speed Through Security Without Paying Extra
-My travel segment on Leo Laporte's The Tech Guy
Sunday:
-How I Saved $280 After Booking United Flights To Hawaii

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The Sunday Round-Up | October 31, 2021