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Discount carriers used to be the darlings of air travelers, if not travel columnists. With low fares and high standards of customer service, what wasn't to like?

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The Department of Homeland Security unveiled measures Monday aimed at easing the aggravation associated with air travel, including new screening machines, clearer standards for identification, and a new effort to keep travelers from falsely being identified as potential terrorists.

From laid-back Florida beaches to guided mule rides in the Grand Canyon's North Rim, your tax-rebate dollars will

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Whether your gang loves coasters or hates them, loves water slides or refuses to wait in line for them, you'll find plenty of new attractions to amuse everyone at this country's more than 400 theme parks (and scores more water parks) this spring and summer.

When it comes to flight changes and delays, Budget Travel's confessor says, "sometimes the agent is the last one to know."

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Using your frequent-flier miles to get to Europe can save you a bundle, if you know the ropes and plan ahead. Here are some strategies for getting the most travel out of your miles.

DeeVon Quirolo's airline tickets are missing in action. But instead of honoring her reservation, her airline forces her to buy an expensive walk-up fare from Key West, Florida, to Washington, D.C. Who's responsible for the lost paper ticket -- and who should pay for Quirolo's new one?

At Ben Thanh market in Saigon (even locals don't call it Ho Chi Minh City), saleswomen perch atop piles of fabrics that they sell inexpensively by the meter. Customers are encouraged to take their purchases to nearby tailors, who charge as little as $6 for a pair of pants. As with everything in life, you get what you pay for: hems fall and zippers break. If you want to have clothing custom made in Saigon, these six shops are a better bet.

Squinting at the sumptuous treasures of the Gilbert Collection in London's grand Somerset House, it occurs to me that you could make a theme tour called "Exquisite London." It would feature the souvenirs and ego trips left over from London's gilded age of obscene privilege, plus a few ostentatious knickknacks from our own time.

The teen was having a fit. He was hungry, and his mother had left to go to work. His father couldn't calm him down and finally gave up trying. The teen stomped around, squawking. Sound familiar?

I fly five to seven times a year and have never reached elite status with an airline. So I was intrigued after learning about American Airlines' 90-Day Challenge. In contrast to the normal requirement -- that a passenger fly 25,000 miles within a year for Gold status or 50,000 miles for Platinum -- the challenge is a fast track to elite status. But the carrier never promotes it.

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Her sister's first flight on Delta Air Lines to Corpus Christi, Texas, is canceled. Her second one is delayed and by the time she's cleared for takeoff, she's missed her job interview and decides to stay home. Now Marie Darna wants her money back. But what, if anything, does her online agency owe her?

Travel + Leisure, CNN Headline News and CNN.com want to know what you like -- and dislike -- about 25 great American cities. On April 30, Travel + Leisure will launch its America's Favorite Cities survey, asking visitors and locals to rate major destinations in a variety of categories, from people and culture to shopping and dining.