Travel tips

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It’s bound to happen to every air traveler at one time or another: the delay. The canceled flight. The missed connection. The dreaded bumping.
Of course, there are options for the stranded. Try to get on another flight. Book a hotel room. Rent a car and just drive it.
But trying to sort through the choices and actually make a plan can involve hours of time online and on the phone doing research and trying to reach a live human being. Here’s a list of phone numbers and web addresses that can at least cut down on some of that research time.
AIRLINES
Delta: (800) 221-1212 / (800) 455-2720 / delta.com
Southwest: (800) 435-9792 / southwest.com
American: (800)433-7300 / aa.com
United: (800) 864-8331 / united.com
Allegiant: (888) 441-3622 / (702) 505-8888 / allegiantair.com
Frontier: (801) 401-9000 / flyfrontier.com
Via Air: (407) 499-4992 / flyviaair.com
CAR RENTAL
Advantage: (800) 777-5500 / advantage.com
Alamo: (844) 354-6962 (reservations) / (844) 357-5138 (customer service) / alamo.com
Avis: (800) 633-3469 (reservations) / (800) 352-7900 (cs) / avis.com
Budget Car Rental: (800) 218-7992 (reservations) / (800) 214-6094 (cs) / budget.com
Dollar Rent A Car: (866) 434-2226 (reservations) / (800) 800-5252 (cs) / dollar.com
EZ Rent a Car: (800) 277-5171 / e-zrentacar.com
Enterprise: (800) 261-7331 / enterprise.com
Hertz: (800) 654-3131 / hertz.com
National: (844) 382-6875 (reservations) / (844) 393-9989 (cs) / nationalcar.com
Payless: (800) 729-5377 / paylesscar.com
SIXT Rent a Car: (888) 749-8227 / sixt.com
Thrifty Car Rental: (800) 847-4389 (reservations) / (800) 334-1705 / thrifty.com
Zipcar: (866) 494-7227 / zipcar.com
HOTELS
Baymont Inn & Suites: (800) 337-0550 / wyndhamhotels.com/baymont
Best Western: (800) 780-7234 / bestwestern.com
Comfort Inn & Suites: (800) 228-5050 / (877) 424-6423 / choicehotels.com/comfort-inn / choicehotels.com/comfort-suites
Country Inn & Suites: (800) 830-5222 / countryinns.com
Courtyard by Marriott: (888) 236-2427 / courtyard.marriott.com
Crowne Plaza: (800) 227-6963 / ihg.com/crowneplaza
Days Inn: (800) 225-3297 / wyndhamhotels.com/days-inn
Doubletree: (800) 445-8667 / doubletree.hilton.com
Drury Inn: (800) 378-7946 / druryhotels.com
Econo Lodge: (800) 228-5050 / (877) 424-6423 / choicehotels.com/econo-lodge
Embassy Suites: (800) 445-8667 / embassysuites.hilton.com
Fairfield Inn & Suites: (888) 236-2427 / fairfield.marriott.com
Hampton Inn & Suites: (800) 445-8667 / hamptoninn.hilton.com
Hilton: (800) 445-8667 / hilton.com
Hilton Garden Inn: (800) 445-8667 / hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com
Holiday Inn & Suites: (888) 465-4329 / ihg.com/holidayinn
Holiday Inn Express: (888) 465-4329 / ihg.com/holidayinnexpress
Homewood Suites: (800) 445-8667 / homewoodsuites.hilton.com
Hotel Indigo: (866) 246-3446 / ihg.com/hotelindigo
Howard Johnson: (800) 221-5801 / wyndhamhotels.com/hojo
Hyatt Place: (800) 233-1234 / hyatt.com
LaQuinta: (800) 753-3757 / lq.com
Marriott: (888) 236-2427 / marriott.com
Microtel Inn & Suites: (800) 337-0050 / wyndhamhotels.com/microtel
Motel 6: (800) 899-9841 / motel6.com
Quality Inn: (800) 228-5050 / (877) 424-6423 / choicehotels.com/quality-inn
Ramada: (800) 854-9517 / wyndhamhotels.com/ramada
Red Carpet Inn: (800) 251-1962 / bookroomsnow.com
Red Lion Hotel: (844) 248-7467 / redlion.com
Renaissance: (888) 236-2427 / renaissance-hotels.marriott.com
Residence Inn by Marriott: (888) 236-2427 / residenceinn.marriott.com
Sheraton: (800) 325-3535 / starwoodhotels.com/sheraton
Sleep Inn: (800) 228-5050 / (877) 424-6423 / choicehotels.com/sleep-inn
SpringHill Suites: (888) 236-2427 / springhillsuites.marriott.com
Staybridge Suites: (800) 238-8000 / ihg.com/staybridge
Super 8: (800) 454-3213 / wyndhamhotels.com/super-8
Westin: (877) 946-8357 / westin.marriott.com
Wingate Inn: (800) 337-0077 / wyndhamhotels.com/wingate
Arkansas airports are not big hubs. Getting where we want to go often requires stopovers — the hops we cannot skip. Add in layovers, and it could be faster to drive.
Want to visit Indianapolis? You’ll change planes in Chicago or Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Washington or in Charlotte, N.C. Oklahoma City? First you’ll touch down in Dallas, Atlanta or Houston.
But we can fly nonstop to some places. Here are the options:
Little Rock

NWA

FORT SMITH
There are two major carrier passenger airlines at Fort Smith Regional Airport, aka FSM:
• Atlanta: Delta flies direct to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL).
• Dallas: American flies direct to Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW).
TEXARKANA
Dallas: American Eagle has daily nonstop flights from Texarkana Regional Airport-Webb Field, aka TXK, to Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW).