Melissa Yeager

Even those of us who work in travel grapple with how we’ll afford our next big adventure. Luckily, our staff have plenty of experience figuring it out.

You’ve planned your trip to Italy. You’ve booked your flights. Made your hotel reservations. Booked your activities. Everything is set – but what should you pack? We’ve come up with this list of practical packing advice to help you narrow down what…

Following a federal court ruling in Florida, the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) said it could no longer enforce the mask mandate on public transportation, which led to several US airlines announcing masks would no longer be required…

Parents who work at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport could soon have a more affordable and convenient child-care option. In a move intended to alleviate child-care strains for employees and perhaps encourage more people to seek jobs at the…

If a proposal to build an entertainment district and arena for the Arizona Coyotes in Tempe moves forward as planned, an initial analysis done by Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport staff shows arriving aircraft could be flying a mere 400 feet…

For the third straight day, Southwest Airlines canceled and delayed hundreds of flights nationwide as it tried to get its operation back on track. By Monday afternoon, the flight tracking website Flight Aware showed Southwest had canceled 363…

It happened last summer on American Airlines, then Spirit Airlines. This past weekend Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights nationwide, leaving passengers stranded sometimes for days, incurring extra travel costs while trying to figure out…

If you're flying Southwest Airlines this weekend, make sure to check your flight before you leave for the airport. An Air Traffic Control issue combined with weather delays in the East Coast has caused problems across the airline's network, forcing…

If you're flying Southwest Airlines this weekend, make sure to check your flight before you leave for the airport. An air traffic control issue combined with weather delays on the East Coast have caused problems across the airline's network, forcing…

Preparing to help travelers from the Midwest escape the chill this winter, United Airlines will launch several new warm-weather routes in December, including one to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The Chicago-based carrier will add one…

Prepare for Takeoff: Exclusively for subscribers, travel reporter Melissa Yeager shares tips for saving money, picking the perfect destination and making trips go smoothly. New stories weekly. American Airlines, the largest carrier at Phoenix Sky…

If you're looking to book a vacation to Hawaii in the new year, this might be the week to grab a deal on airfare. Southwest Airlines is offering 40% off base fares for travel from the U.S. mainland to the Hawaiian islands between Jan. 6 and March 9 —…

Walking through Terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport with American Airlines president Robert Isom means you do a lot of stopping along the way. After two stints in Phoenix, one with America West and one with US Airways, Isom gets…

If you somehow missed the latest deadline delay in the deluge of information about the pandemic and don't have a travel-compliant form of identification yet, know you now have until May 2023 to get a Real ID. This week was supposed to mark the hard…

It's not just happening in the air. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has gotten nearly 3,000 calls about unruly passengers in the terminals as well as calls for police to meet flights arriving at the gate over the past year. The calls range…

When Jim Macklin last flew through Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in June, he booked a flight with Southwest Airlines. Needing help to navigate the airport, he highlighted one word on his reservation: blind. It was Macklin’s first time…

Carolann Colonna woke up Monday morning to a text message from her boyfriend Scotty Grant, who lives in the United Kingdom. "I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS," the text read. It was followed by a link to an article saying the White House will lift travel…

Se avecinan las celebraciones de fin de año y si desea obtener un boleto a buen precio para visitar a sus seres queridos, es el momento de hacer reservaciones. Después de que la pandemia provocó que muchas familias cancelaran sus planes de vacaciones…

Prepare for Takeoff: Exclusively for subscribers, travel reporter Melissa Yeager shares tips for saving money, picking the perfect destination and making trips go smoothly. New stories weekly. If you're planning to head home or on vacation for the…

Prepare for Takeoff: Exclusively for subscribers, travel reporter Melissa Yeager shares tips for saving money, picking the perfect destination and making trips go smoothly. New stories weekly. Passenger traffic at Phoenix Sky Harbor International…