A machine readable passport (MRP) is one where the data on the identity page is encoded in optical character recognition format. This machine readable zone (MRZ) is located at the bottom of the identity page below the picture. On most passports it spans 2 lines of 44 characters each and …

Official cheap “standby fares” purchased at the last minute and good on the next available seat have been dead for more than 20 years. However, most airlines do allow travelers to change from one flight to another on the day of departure. As with all policies, the rules vary by …

For many years the airlines have limited the number of seats available for pre-assignment and held the rest to give out at the airport on the advance. We were all accustomed to seeing “seating under airport control” on our itineraries. What’s different today is that the airlines are now charging for many …