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Sick of the U.S. <a href="http://www.gadling.com/category/airlines/">airlines</a>? Baffled by the baggage inspection process? Lament the limits of your loyalty program? Some <a href="http://travel.aol.com/">travel industry</a> changes coming in 2013 could help us all out. <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/01/31/travel-trends-pitfalls-airlines-flying-2013/">Daily Finance reports</a>:<blockquote>
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		"Many of the new travel tools are designed to give a bit of control back to people who had come to believe last vestige of fun disappeared from air travel with the arrival of the TSA pat-down. You'll see more agents and airlines offering more customized service and a higher level of social media engagement (for tracking fares and offering feedback), and hotels striving to lure new customers by offering elite-level perks at regular hotel prices."</p>
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Read Daily Finance's whole story about <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/01/31/travel-trends-pitfalls-airlines-flying-2013/">2013 travel industry trends</a>.<br />
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[Photo: Getty Images]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://news.travel.aol.com/2013/01/31/will-travel-industry-changes-make-travel-easier-in-2013/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://news.travel.aol.com/forward/20445243/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://news.travel.aol.com/2013/01/31/will-travel-industry-changes-make-travel-easier-in-2013/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://news.travel.aol.com/2013/01/31/will-travel-industry-changes-make-travel-easier-in-2013/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>air travel</category><category>airlines</category><category>loyalty program</category><category>travel industry</category><category>travel trends</category><dc:creator>Michael Yessis</dc:creator><dc:date>2013-01-31T16:57:00+00:00</dc:date></item></channel></rss>