I urge you to check out my latest ABCNews.com column. I talk about what air travel could be like when oil hits $200 a barrel (and yes, apparently, that could well happen in the next year or so).

The $200 oil scenario has got some people thinking: was flying really so bad before airline deregulation?

And, is it time for some heroes to step forward? Check out the column, here.

Yes, that’s one of my Top Five Silver Linings when it comes to airline mergers; please click here for the entire column (and I’ll explain about those jerks).

In case you’re new here, I do a weekly column for ABCNews.com; it appears each Wednesday morning.

I did a special weekly column for ABCNews.com today which highlights the fact that the gasoline tax refund debate should be on the agenda for air travel as well.

Find out who the “real” beneficiary of higher airline tickets really is and let me know what you think?

Check out the entire story on ABCNews.com.

My weekly column for ABCNews.com highlights the fact that plunging profits and rising costs are forcing airlines to bail on certain routes and even certain cities altogether. So, could you pull up to the airport only to find you have no way of getting out of town? Well, it hasn’t reached that level yet, but some cities will definitely start to feel the pinch.

To learn more, please check out the entire story on ABCNews.com (also picked up in the Huffington Post business section).

I think you’ll like this one: it’s all about those “extras” that used to be freebies. You know what I’m talking about:

Food, headsets, baggage check-in. What til you hear what it all adds up to!

And it’s getting worse. Click here to read all about it, in my latest weekly column for ABCNews.com.

Questions, questions: How will the happy couple’s trip down the aisle shape air travel to come? I answered that in my latest column for ABCNews.com. Here’s a preview:

“No, I didn’t get all sentimental at the news of the forthcoming ‘wedding’ between Delta and Northwest, but I do wish them the very best.”

“That said, let’s get down to the essentials. You have a ticket for a Delta or Northwest flight and you wonder, is it still good? Yes! Rest easy on that score.”

But what about your frequent flier miles? Click here to read the column.

Check out my latest column for ABCNews.com (I am one of the featured columnists; my musings appear there weekly).

This week: Open Skies, Europe, and YOU.

I talk about the ins and outs of European travel, and I pass along — what else? — a money saving tip on European “airfare seasons”. You can see it right here.

The question everyone wants to know the answer to, is the subject of my latest, weekly column for ABCNews.com.

This is a column that’s loaded with tips and tricks, and some good old-fashioned advice.

Plus, I bust some common (and erroneous) myths along the way. Check it all out, simply by clicking here.

Nasty, nasty weather over parts of the South today.

In fact it got so bad, that the folks at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport said their Emergency Operation Center will be active through the night to assist passengers stranded by the powerful thunderstorms.

Actually, being stranded at an airport is precisely what I talk about in my latest column for ABCNews.com. Plus, I’ve got some great links for you! Keep reading for more…

My ABCNews.com weekly column was just posted this morning and it addresses the seemingly unstoppable increases in airline ticket fuel surcharges.

You feel the pain every time you pull into the pump and the airlines are struggling with it as well.

I have come up with a set of tips to help you beat the fuel surcharge blues, check out the column — I have used these tips and I know they will help you as well.