State Department issues a warning to American travelers overseas

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On the Saturday, October 21st edition of The Travel Guys…
- In the Travel News, the State Department issues a warning to American travelers overseas and Delta Airlines walks back some of their cuts to their Sky Miles program after a lot of negative feedback from flyers.
- Our Smarter Traveler segment talks about the importance of using your miles/points in frequent flyer and other rewards programs. Mark explains why the rules are always changing, the goal posts for freebies always moving. These programs aren’t always your friend.
- Cindy Nichol, the Director of Sacramento County Airports joins us for an interview covering a wide variety of subjects, everything from concessions to airport expansion.
- Finally, our Odds and Ends segment updates a story about vending machine cakes in Las Vegas and the cake goo that comes with them.
Highlights
- Flying a European airline to Europe – Chris Elliott’s wisdom
- Sacramento Ghost Tours
- The story of In-N-Out Burger, celebrating 75 years
- The Sphere in Las Vegas
- Noyo Harbor Inn & Fall in Fort Bragg
- American Flight Attendants’ “logo/slogan” shirts
- How FA’s for different airlines “walk”
- Joe Brancatelli’s Travel Site
- TSA in Miami getting into bags
- Renting an electric vehicle? Here are some tips.
- A new take on economy seating on planes, except….
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra Website
- Burning Man
- Broadway Sacramento
- How to get compensation for getting bumped from a flight
- How to win your consumer dispute using the Elliott Method
- Special events for California Wine Month
- Supersonic Planes are making a comeback
- Consumer Alert: The ride-sharing vomit scam is back!
- Holiday airlines tickets – when to buy
- Mark corrects the AirTag link – the REAL price
- Travelers United
- SacTown Bites