# Airline Change Fees, Baseball Spring Training, and Ghost Ship Tours

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*On the Sunday, September 6th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys…*

- In the **Travel News**, Southwest adds Palm Springs and Hawaii to its route map, as airlines try to pivot away from business travel to the leisure side.
- In our **Smarter Traveler** segment, we talk about the airlines getting rid of changes fees...or did they. Fact is there are many fares where the change fees are not waived. Plus, the airlines are playing a few other tricks. We have the first example of what **Baseball Spring Training** might look like next year, and **Chris Elliott** says to "beware of what "free" amenities might cost you in a hotel.
- Mark offers one of his **Just One Man's Opinion** pieces, focusing on the need for instant Covid testing to get travel started again. We tell you why it's a a good time to get your passport and we talk a little about the history of **Burning Man**, which has traditionally been held this time of year in the Nevada desert.
- In an unusual and fascinating interview we talk with the operator (and his wife) of a tiny ferry off the England coast. The operator, a former cruise ship employee, is taking advantage of cruise ships being temporarily parked off the coast in his area to offer special "Ghost Ship" or the idle cruisers. It's a story of how Covid circumstances and innovation is actually working in someone's favor. Welcome aboard the [Mudeford Ferry](http://www.mudefordferry.co.uk/)**...**

## Highlights

- [United Airlines scraps ticket-change fees for domestic flights in bid to win over customers](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/30/united-airlines-scraps-ticket-change-fees-for-domestic-flights.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail)
- [See the ghost ships off the U.K. coast](http://www.mudefordferry.co.uk/cruise-ships/)
- [Master list of Covid cancellation policies for airlines](https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2020/09/02/master-list-of-all-major-international-airline-coronavirus-change-and-cancellation-policies/#74214d3c30c6)
- [Good time to get a passport](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/passport-processng-coronavirus-/2020/09/03/ae09084c-ee19-11ea-a21a-0fbbe90cfd8c_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most)
- [Delta upgrades black woman after fellow passenger harasses her](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/515109-delta-upgrades-black-womans-ticket-after-incident-with-other)
- [Huge empty 'ghost' cruise ships lure tourists](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ghost-cruise-boat-tour-uk/index.html)
- [ The Best Place for Chicken Wings in Each State](https://www.travelpulse.com/gallery/destinations/the-best-place-for-chicken-wings-in-each-state.html)
- [Hawaii's new Safe Travels app](http://travel.hawaii.gov)
- [Video about the new Hawaii Travel Form](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8k70cxi-SA)
- [21 Sites Offering Virtual Tours and Live Streams for Travelers Stuck at Home](https://www.smartertravel.com/virtual-tours-live-streams/)
- [www.mudefordferry.co.uk](http://www.mudefordferry.co.uk/)

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Tags: [airline change fees](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/airline-change-fees), [COVID testing](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/covid-testing), [ghost ships](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/ghost-ships), [UK tourism](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/uk-tourism)

Previous Episode: [The SF Giants/Alaska Airlines promotion and an update from the Hawaiian Islands](https://travelguysradio.com/2020/08/30/sf-giants-alaska-airlines-promotion-and-update-hawaiian-islands) — August 30, 2020
Next Episode: [Current COVID-19 etiquette and an interview with one of the original Burning Man attendees](https://travelguysradio.com/2020/09/13/current-covid-19-etiquette-and-interview-one-original-burning-man-attendees) — September 13, 2020

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