Sometimes it’s hard to stay on top of all the new route announcements that come our way, so we’ve complied a little bit of a rundown below. As long as you can afford the fares, this should definitely help add to your passport stamp collection.

· Air Jamaica:
Orlando has plenty of sun but not a lot of sand, so that’s why Air Jamaica is linking the theme park hotspot with the beaches of the island nation. Two times per week the carrier—thanks to some of their Boeing 737s—is connecting Orlando with Kingston, Jamaica. The flights run on Tuesdays and Thursdays with the flights departing from Florida leaving at around lunchtime and arriving in Jamaica a couple hours later.

· United:
As the weather gets cooler United is planning to send plenty of planes back and forth between Mammoth Lake, California and San Diego, Orange County, and San Francisco. The San Diego flights will be a daily option, Orange County will happen four times per week, and the Bay Area flights do their thing 11 times each week. The new stuff starts up in the middle of December, so start planning your holiday evacuation now. ]]> kjb 2011-09-23T08:30:02-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/5/18/8395/00243

We've regularly noted, and with something less than full satisfaction, the trend toward less airline customer service. Separately, we've had to do literal full-scale investigations to untangle increased airline baggage fees. But rarely have we gotten to do a story where an airline so shamelessly and simultaneously combined both of those:

On Monday, Air Jamaica started charging passengers $25 for the second checked bag on flights from New York to Grenada and Barbados, but the second checked bag won't be on their flight. Air Jamaica will transport the first checked bag on passengers' flights, at no charge. All other bags will be transported within seven days and must be picked up at the airport, Air Jamaica said... Passengers ticketed on or before May 10 for travel after May 11 will be allowed two free checked bags in economy and three in executive class.

On the plus side they're implementing a system to track your bag until its ready for you to personally pick up. Sure it took companies like UPS and FedEx decades of work and billions of dollars to implement setups like that. And yes even major carriers still can't tell you much more than "your luggage isn't at this airport yet" when it gets misplaced. But the good folks at Air Jamiaca are very confident that their system will work.]]> Omri 2009-05-18T17:07:31-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/