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Jul 1, 2019

Travelers get creative to avoid luggage fees

Investors like this China-U.S. trade truce. California gun owners have been stocking up on ammo. Want to avoid paying luggage fees at the airport? Yeah, so do a lot of enterprising travelers.

After being stranded in Atlanta during a layover, Penn Ryan of Madison, WI waits to find his luggage near rows of unclaimed baggage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on December 18, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. — After being stranded in Atlanta during a layover, Penn Ryan of Madison, WI waits to find his luggage near rows of unclaimed baggage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on December 18, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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California restricts ammunition sales
by Jack Stewart
Scott Olson/Getty Images
People who want to buy bullets will have to pass a background check.
Fees on luggage prompt creative workarounds
by Meghan McCarty Carino
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Consumers paid $1.3 billion to check bags in just the first three months of the year, but airfares are at an all-time low.

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