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Three years ago, a doctor told Kevan Chandler that because of his muscular dystrophy, he would be hooked up to an oxygen machine within six months. That doctor was wrong.

Baggage fees can turn what had seemed like a great fare into a not-as-great fare. While you may have to live with them, there are ways to be smarter about it.

Lawrence Sherman, a senior vice president at Zurich-based medical education firm Topec Global, uses a corporate travel agent for bookings. But he still researches the best deals and experiences because at 35,000 feet in the air, he does not want to be crunched in his seat.

Imagine watching frantic shopkeepers busily extinguish the Great Fire of London, or sheltering from Nazi bombing raids during the Blitz.

McCarran International Airport has quietly opened a cellphone parking lot, an area at which people picking up passengers can wait for free until those passengers get to the arrivals curb.