Travel & aviation
Since May 7, 2025, TSA requires a Real ID-compliant license or a passport at domestic checkpoints; a year on, non-compliant travelers face extra screening, not a flat ban.
Three different lines, three different jobs. Here's what each program actually gets you, what it costs as of August 2026, and which one to buy first.
Federal rules give you a narrow window to cancel a US flight with no penalty. Here's exactly when it applies, when it doesn't, and how airlines handle it.
Global Entry costs $120 for five years and includes PreCheck; PreCheck alone runs $68.95 to $85 depending on the provider. Here is what each one actually covers, and how long each takes to get — fees checked August 2026.
US citizens don't need a visa for short UK trips, but skipping the £20 Electronic Travel Authorisation will get you turned away at check-in. Here's how it works, as of August 2026.
When a hurricane threatens an airport, US airlines publish waivers that let you rebook without change fees or even travel free — but only inside a defined window of dates and airports, and only if you move before the airline cancels the flight.
Spare lithium batteries and power banks fly in the cabin, never the hold: under 100 watt-hours need no approval, 101-160Wh need airline sign-off and are capped at two, and since 2025 a wave of carriers has also banned using power banks inflight.
US citizens need a visa for Egypt — the 30-day tourist visa costs $25 as an e-visa or on arrival at major airports, a multiple-entry version runs $60, and a free Sinai-only permit covers Red Sea resort trips.
Validity says when you may enter; duration of stay says how long the entry lasts — and in the US, the admission record on your I-94 outranks both the visa and the passport.
Match your dates to a destination's weather window — dry seasons for safaris, the June-November hurricane season's margins for the Caribbean, monsoon-off months for South Asia — and the same trip improves at the same price.
A Federal Register notice dated July 7, 2026 extends the Department of Transportation's pause on enforcing refund requirements for renumbered flights — the canceled-and-rebooked-under-a-new-flight-number scenario — while core cash-refund rights for canceled and significantly delayed flights remain fully in force.
Explore the data · Source: U.S. Department of State