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American Airlines considers a la carte pricing

AP - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

FORT WORTH, Texas - The idea of paying a single, simple fare to fly on an airliner is becoming as quaint as stewardesses in short skirts.

AP Travel News

  • American Airlines considers a la carte pricing AP - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

    FORT WORTH, Texas - The idea of paying a single, simple fare to fly on an airliner is becoming as quaint as stewardesses in short skirts.

  • Months after riots, Tibet tourism still suffering AP - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago

    BEIJING - Tourists are continuing to give Tibet a miss, more than six months after deadly rioting in the regional capital of Lhasa, China's official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.

  • Some of B.B. King's artifacts are seen at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 in Indianola, Miss. More than a half-century after King left Indianola in search of fame, the $15 million B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretative Center has opened in his hometown and is as much a tribute to him and his blues music as the culture that inspired it. (AP Photo/Matthew S. Gunby)
    Museum is a tribute to a King AP - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago

    INDIANOLA, Miss. - Translucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an old brick gin mill in the Mississippi Delta.

  • Leisure Living: Prices holding up in ski areas AP - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

    Ski season's coming, and with it the traditional flurry of sales in second-home markets in mountain resort towns in the West.

  • Laurel and Hardy Museum of Harlem patrons look at memorabilia, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 , in Harlem Ga., during a tour of the facility, which opened July 15, 2002 in the town where Oliver Hardy was born. On Saturday, Oct. 4, Harlem will balloon to more than 20 times its size when 40,000 people arrive for the annual Oliver Hardy Festival, created two decades ago to raise money for the community. (AP Photo/ Chris Thelen)
    Ga. town keeps Laurel and Hardy's legacy alive AP - Fri Oct 3, 4:27 PM ET

    HARLEM, Ga. - A blink-and-you'll-miss-it town in rural east Georgia is the last place you'd expect to find the country's only museum dedicated to the classic comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

AP Travel Features

  • This 2007 photo released by the Audubon Zoo shows a young girl waiting for her turn on the Endangered Species Carousel, one of several rides offered at Audubon Zoo’s annual Boo at the Zoo event in New Orleans. Along with childrens' entertainment, Boo at the Zoo features trick-or-treat houses, a haunted train ride and games for all ages. (AP Photo/Jeff Strout,Audubon Zoo)
    Tricks and Treats: Zoos go all out for Halloween AP - Mon Sep 29, 1:40 PM ET

    TOLEDO, Ohio - Ghosts and ghouls — friendly ones at that — are about to take over America's zoos.

  • Baker Jason Lee takes pies out of the oven at Hannah's Pie Bakery in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Hannah's bakery bakes the famous pies and pasties for Harry's Cafe de Wheels, the 70-year-old Sydney icon pie van frequented by locals, businessmen, tourists and stars such as Pamela Anderson, Nicole Kidman, Brooke Shields and even Colonel Sanders celebrates its 70th anniversary all feasting on either Harry's traditional meat and chicken pies, pasties or hot dogs. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
    Iconic Sydney pie van celebrates 70 years AP - Mon Sep 29, 1:46 PM ET

    SYDNEY, Australia - Where to go for lunch on a sunny spring day in Sydney? Why, the same place you'd go on a cloudy day, or your birthday, or even after late-night clubbing.

  • Winemaker Mike Grgich, left, helps Beverly Miller, right, of Akron, Ohio into a barrel of Zinfandel grapes to do some stomping at the Grgich Hills winery in Rutherford, Calif., Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
    Wine country tourists juiced about grape stomping AP - Mon Sep 29, 1:52 PM ET

    RUTHERFORD, Calif. - Lucy did it. And you can, too — stomp grapes, that is. Wineries from Napa to New York are rolling out the barrel for those inclined to squish a little merlot between their toes.

  • Cal Welch canoes on the Mohawk River with his German shorthaired pointer Pumpernickel in Glenville, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. For most pets, even dogs trained for hunting, there are two basic dangers in the wilderness, encounters with parasites and other animals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
    Dog days in the wilderness AP - Mon Sep 29, 1:33 PM ET

    INDIAN LAKE, N.Y. - When the brown duck swam close, the dog sat higher, alert and tensed in the canoe. She watched intently as the bird passed only feet from the boat's bow on the Adirondack lake, the surface glistening in afternoon sunshine.

  • In this Dec. 14, 2006 file photo, tourists gather under Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
    Chicago perfect for travelers on a budget AP - Mon Sep 29, 1:28 PM ET

    CHICAGO - Chicago has a reputation as a working-class city for a reason. Sure, there are fancy Gold Coast shops and $500-a-night hotel suites, but it's also possible to see Chicago's famous lakefront, eat its famous food and enjoy distinctive cultures on the cheap.

AP Travel Columns

  • Mountain getaways just short drives from Denver AP - Mon Sep 29, 1:19 PM ET

    Ever wonder why so many people enjoy living in Denver? Think mountains. All you need do to share some of the experience is to start in the city and point your car west for a short drive into the region they call the Front Range.

  • Mushroom season: Hunts, festivals and dinners AP - Mon Sep 29, 11:57 AM ET

    MENDOCINO, Calif. - If the mere mention of chanterelles and morels gets you salivating, consider a trip to a mushroom festival this fall.

  • Visitors stroll through Plimoth Plantation's 1627 English Village overlooking Plymouth, Mass. harbor, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 in Plymouth. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)
    Day in Plymouth, Mass: Pilgrims and cranberries AP - Mon Sep 22, 3:30 PM ET

    PLYMOUTH, Mass. - In this storied harbor town where the Mayflower landed nearly 400 years ago, generations of Americans have claimed and reinterpreted the Pilgrim story.

  • Autumn travel with fall foliage & hot-air balloons AP - Mon Sep 22, 1:47 PM ET

    Colorful hot-air balloons, with colorful fall foliage nearby in the Blue Ridge Mountains. How much more could you ask for autumn travel?

  • For phobics, tall bridge can be a roadblock AP - Mon Sep 22, 1:10 PM ET

    STEVENSVILLE, Md. - Maryland's Bay Bridge offers a postcard-perfect view of the Chesapeake Bay, seagulls and ... whatever. I'm not looking.