Merger Means Higher Airfare For Leisure Travelers

Planning a trip to the theme park mecca of Orlando? Might want to get there sooner rather than later. The latest mega-merger between American Airlines and US Airways - the fourth such union in as many years - could put a crimp in your plans. Maybe not right away, but I can see it coming. Forget all that stuff you've heard about "no non-stop route overlap" between the two airlines. Both have flights to the same destinations, especially smaller cities, anything outside big airport hubs like...Full Story