Dear Travel Diva: As part of renewing my Michigan driver's license, the Secretary of State's Office cut off the expiration date and stapled the old license to a paper for temporary use. I used that license with no problem flying from Flint. After detaining me 10 minutes, they had an internal meeting with management. If it wasn't for my Costco card, I would have been denied access to my flight.

Ruehl Bulan perches on the left rear exit of a United Airlines jet and flings seat cushions, three at a time, into the chilly October night. He's part of a skeleton crew of mechanics swarming the Airbus A320, which just pulled into Dock 2 at the carrier's cavernous maintenance hangars at San Francisco International Airport.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: AMR fell $.08 or 1.4 percent, to $5.47. AirTran fell $.19 or 4.4 percent, to $4.11. Continental fell $.11 or .8 percent, to $12.86. DeltaAir rose $.03 or .4 percent, to $7.62. JetBlue fell $.01 or .3 percent, to $5.20. Southwest rose $.09 or 1.0 percent, to $9.00. UAL fell $.05 or .7 percent, to $7.02. US Airways fell $.0...

Holiday travelers waited a little longer to book their flights this year, likely holding out for better deals and waiting to see if they would still have a job. Travelocity reports that the average advance purchase fell to 55 days for Thanksgiving travel this year.

Substantial progress reported Thursday on retaining commercial service at Tupelo Regional Airport boosts the business outlook for Northeast Mississippi and adds another layer of importance to making the right decision about lengthening the airport's runway and providing continuing access via West Jackson Street.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at noon: AMR fell $.05 or .9 percent, to $5.50. AirTran fell $.18 or 4.2 percent, to $4.12. Continental rose $.00 or percent, to $12.97. DeltaAir fell $.01 or .1 percent, to $7.58. JetBlue fell $.02 or .5 percent, to $5.19. Southwest rose $.15 or 1.7 percent, to $9.06. UAL rose $.02 or .3 percent, to $7.09. US Airways fell $.06 or 1.9 percent, to ...

TUPELO -- Tupelo Regional Airport could get its much sought-after three daily flights if a proposal by Mesaba Airlines gets federal approval. On Wednesday, Mesaba Airlines, which currently provides air service in Tupelo, asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to review its bid.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: AMR unchanged at $5.55. AirTran fell $.15 or 3.5 percent, to $4.15. Continental rose $.02 or .2 percent, to $12.99. DeltaAir fell $.01 or .2 percent, to $7.58. JetBlue fell $.01 or .3 percent, to $5.20. Southwest rose $.04 or .4 percent, to $8.95. UAL rose $.06 or .8 percent, to $7.13. US Airways rose $.01 or .3 percent, to $3.13.

ATLANTA -- Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans yesterday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months. The Federal Aviation Administration said that the problem, which lasted about four hours, was fixed around 9 a.m., but that it was unclear how long flights would be affected.