American Airlines faces a lawsuit after removing 8 passengers from a plane
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On the **Saturday, June 1st **edition of The Travel Guys…

• In the Travel News, American Airlines faces a lawsuit after removing 8 passengers from a plane because of a complaint regarding smell. Then it put the 8 men back on the plane. They are all black men who did not know each other and were seated all over the aircraft. American is now facing a lawsuit from three of the men.

• Also in the news, Southwest is upping the ante on early boarding pricing. We’ll have an update on this obviously popular Southwest add-on.

• Our** Smarter Traveler** segment addresses an important issue: Who you book your airline ticket, your hotel room, rental car, attractions with matters. If you choose to book with a “third party” online, ask yourself, will this company’s customer service team support me if something goes wrong? We explain why when all things are equal you need to book direct.

• Restaurants in particular are trying to roll out some entertaining** new junk fees**. Entertaining to talk about, not so entertaining to pay. Seriously, a beef surcharge?

• Finally, a piece of** tongue in cheek humor**. It’s from a hotel responding to a guest who feels they have come up a bit short on their promises. This one from the hotel’s point of view is pretty funny to listen to.

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