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My husband and I have been planning a trip to Costa Rica with our kids for a few years now. We planned to use our Mileage Plus Visa account. We finally have enough miles and have been totally flexible with our travel dates (leaving any day from the end of January to mid-February and returning eight to nine weeks later). They can find an outbound flight for us, but state that the partner airline United did not have any return flights available (not for any day in February, March, or even April!).

Find out Peter’s advice on making your holiday travel plans as smooth as possible.

When is the best time to get plane tickets for Christmas in Phoenix? I plan to stay about a week and will fly Southwest out of Baltimore. Thanks for your help.
Marlene W.

Normally, you’d want to wait 45 days before your flight to book your ticket, but the rules change during the holidays.

Thank you for all the tips that you provide for traveling! I have a question regarding travel insurance, as I am going on a trip in March to Italy via ABC Tours, and was unsure as to whether I should purchase travel insurance or not. Thank you so much for your time.
-Sally S.
This is one of those age-old questions with no definitive answer. It’s estimated that 30 percent of Americans purchase travel insurance, which is a drastic increase since 9/11, when less than 10 percent of travelers were insured.

I use a wheelchair and/or scooter. Sometimes it is difficult to go on vacation without hours of researching and then being disappointed once I arrive.

Babs T.

I was diagnosed in 2004 with multiple sclerosis (MS). I have gone from walking four miles a day to walking with a cane, barely being able to walk down a hall. So I know how hard it can be. I am looking for a get away for my husband and myself mainly for my husband, because his life has change overnight, but he has hung in there. We have been married over 26 years … please send me information on your next outing so I can try and plan for it.
Sherry N.

The next MS Week in Jackson, New Hampshire, is scheduled for May 5-9, 2008. While the …

Here’s a rant that I never see addressed, but that millions of women travelers (and perhaps men, too) deal with every day:

WHY don’t airport bathroom stalls have room for a person and a carry-on bag?!?