Episode

More Southwest Drama, United’s Bold Move & More Big News

Podcast: The Thrifty Traveler Podcast
Published: Mar 5, 2026
Duration seconds: 2996
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Summary

This week, we round up all the recent travel news that’s fit to podcast! That includes Kyle’s experience with CLEAR’s (honestly amazing) new e-gates, what United’s up to with its credit card moves, a shocking-but-welcome move to require headphones onboard, Southwest’s carry-on bag problems literally everyone should have seen coming, hot and cold news from Avios, and much more! Plus, we help a listener get a refund and Gunnar declares whether he’ll ever fly Southwest again.