Tropical Storm Bonnie makes landfall in Florida and heads to the Gulf. Where’s she headed and will it effect your travel plans?

The National Weather Service has issued a tropical storm warning for the south Florida coast including Miami, Miami Dade, South Miami, coastal Broward, the Florida Keys, and Florida Bay and along the west coast north to Englewood.

Travel-On is monitoring this storm and assisting travelers who may be effected. See details

Flood Waters Close Milwaukee Airport

Torrential rains that flooded roads and runways kept Milwaukee's main airport shut at least through midday on Friday, while the city braced for another batch of storms.

Travel-On is monitoring this storm and assisting travelers who may be effected. See details

Traveling to Mexico? The new US currency restrictions will effect you. Mexico’s New U.S. Currency Restriction Effective Sept 14, 2010

Currently, travelers to popular resort destinations often do not need to exchange U.S. currency to Pesos as many airports, hotels and restaurants readily accept U.S. currency. Once the regulation begins, travelers will need to ensure they have an appropriate amount of Mexican Pesos, a credit card or traveler's checks to avoid any problems if paying for transactions while in Mexico or at Mexican airports. The regulations do not restrict non-cash transactions denominated in U.S. currency (e.g., wire transfers, ACH payments, credit card transactions, traveler's checks, etc.). Read more

Travel managers, are your employees seeking out mobile travel apps on their own? Why you should care.

Travel-On’s technology provides users with the function of TripIt, WorldMate, FlightStats, Weather.com, OpenTable, MapQuest, and more in one application. For more information about Mobile Personal Assistant, contact your account manager or email rearden@tvlon.com.

Biz Travelers Adhere to Policy Despite Loyalty Programs

Corporate America can rest easy these days knowing that business travelers’ hearts are apparently in the right place when it comes to choosing between maximizing their frequency/loyalty hotel points (or airline miles, for that matter) or working toward their company’s best interests. Read more

British Airways announces smartphone based boarding passes

British Airways announced it will be the latest airline to offer electronic boarding passes on mobile smart phones, marking the 28th airline to offer this feature. British Airways expects to roll out the facility to all domestic routes by the end of August and then begin introducing the service on international flights. Read more

Higher Passport Fees Now in Effect

Passport fees increased effective July 13, the State Department recently announced. The cost of getting a brand-new passport for someone 16 or older has jumped 35 percent, to $135 from $100, and for those under 16 has increased by nearly 25 percent, to $105 from $85. If you’ve already got your passport, you’re not immune: the cost of renewing your passport for those 16 and over has increased 47 percent, to $110 from $75. See details

Alaska Airlines 'Greener Skies' Test Flight Lowers Emissions by 35 Percent

Alaska Airlines demonstrated next-generation flight procedures this week during a test flight over Puget Sound that burned less fuel and reduced emissions by 35 percent compared to a conventional landing. Read more

Virgin America Orders 40 Airbus Jets as Fleet Doubles

Virgin America Inc. agreed to buy 40 Airbus SAS A320 jets, a $3.26 billion purchase at list prices that will more than double its fleet, as the low-fare carrier adds destinations. The new planes will be delivered from 2013 through 2016, with options for 20 more aircraft, according to the closely held airline, which is part-owned by U.K. billionaire Richard Branson. Virgin America announced the order today at the Farnborough Air Show near London. Read more

Experts say tarmac delays rule a mistake, but DOT disagrees

The Transportation Department's new rule banning lengthy airport tarmac delays is a mistake, a study Tuesday from two aviation consultants says. The rule, which took effect April 29, requires airlines to let passengers off domestic flights when they've waited three hours without taking off. Airlines that don't comply could be fined up to $27,000 per passenger. Read more

Airline Industry Remains Divided on Ash Threat

Three months after volcanic ash temporarily closed nearly 80% of European airspace, aircraft and engine makers don't appear any closer to agreement on new standards spelling out when it is safe to fly through such plumes. Read more

GPS tracking to replace 70-year-old radar technology in planes

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) may already guide millions of cars around the world, but airplanes are still guided by a 70-year-old radar technology. That is changing in the United States where engineering firm ITT is building out a GPS-based system as part of a larger "NextGen" system to vastly upgrade the country's air traffic control systems. Read more

The Golden Age of Flight

It's a common travelers' lament: Why can't airline service be like the good old days, when plane travel was glamorous, on-time, hassle-free and exciting? The past has allure for travelers, of course, but with a common caveat with memories. Truth is, the good old days weren't all that good, with air travel of the past romanticized and comfort and safety issues glossed over. Read more

Reports of sick travelers climb

Federal health officers logged more than 3,000 cases of potentially infectious diseases among travelers in the past year, including airline passengers with tuberculosis, whooping cough, measles, mumps and typhoid fever, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data obtained by USA TODAY. Read more