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Gate Expectations

What’s really happening at the airport gate? From boarding procedures and delays to seat assignments and airline policies, we decode the rules and realities that can make or break your journey.

Gate Expectations

The new DOT rules just got delayed. What happened?
LockSimple

Oct 26, 2026

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The new DOT rules just got delayed. What happened?

The new guidelines for airline responsibility were set to be implemented Oct. 19. Now, they begin next year. Why?

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

Two separate, special flights: No kids allowed, or screaming babies encouraged?
LockSimple

Oct 26, 2026

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1 min read

Two separate, special flights: No kids allowed, or screaming babies encouraged?

How Jet Blue is handling children on airplanes

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

No answer? The fight to ban inflight phone calls
LockSimple

Oct 20, 2026

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2 min read

No answer? The fight to ban inflight phone calls

Movements to ban inflight phone calls have come and gone over the years. What do they look like now?

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

Is your ticket really refundable?
LockSimple

Oct 19, 2026

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1 min read

Is your ticket really refundable?

As airlines continue to segment out different fares within different classes of service, it's getting harder to actually refund your ticket.

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

The antiquated and meaningless 311 rule at TSA checkpoints
LockSimple

Oct 13, 2026

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3 min read

The antiquated and meaningless 311 rule at TSA checkpoints

What do the Brits know what we don't?

Caroline Erskine
Peter Greenberg
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Gate Expectations

Passenger rights reversals and slow walking safety rules: Is this how we define the U.S. DOT?
LockSimple

Oct 12, 2026

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3 min read

Passenger rights reversals and slow walking safety rules: Is this how we define the U.S. DOT?

New changes are being implemented by the Department of Transportation on Oct. 19, and here's why you should be angry about them.

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

You can't get there from here. The myth of Essential Air Service.
LockSimple

Sep 29, 2026

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3 min read

You can't get there from here. The myth of Essential Air Service.

The history of government-subsidized flights and what they mean for travelers now.

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

Duct tape is not the solution: The surprising facts about violent airline passengers
LockSimple

Sep 22, 2026

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3 min read

Duct tape is not the solution: The surprising facts about violent airline passengers

What airlines, airports and the government are NOT doing about disruptive and violent airline passengers.

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

What's the best airport in the U.S?
LockSimple

Sep 21, 2026

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What's the best airport in the U.S?

Here are the winners, and some surprises.

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

Airports and airlines: The latest casinos?
LockSimple

Sep 14, 2026

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1 min read

Airports and airlines: The latest casinos?

When airport and airline performance becomes a betting line — and who can stop the insider trading?

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

Whatever happened to airline passenger rights?
LockSimple

Sep 14, 2026

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3 min read

Whatever happened to airline passenger rights?

The story behind the new passenger "rights" rules at the Department of Transportation... and why you should be angry.

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

What really happened on that 767 cargo plane that crashed in Miami
LockSimple

Sep 14, 2026

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2 min read

What really happened on that 767 cargo plane that crashed in Miami

Peter Greenberg takes you on a deep into the NTSB investigation of the crash, the probable cause and what happens now.

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Gate Expectations

Is an 'all you can fly' pass worth it?
LockSimple

Sep 14, 2026

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1 min read

Is an 'all you can fly' pass worth it?

Peter Greenberg says all signs point to no.

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg

Peter Greenberg

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