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Rob Zaleski: Foreign students have more negative experiences at airports

If you’re among the 27 million people who will be traveling on U.S. airlines over Thanksgiving, this probably won’t come as a shock. But travel experts say the odds are fairly high you won’t have a pleasant experience.

This has been the worst year ever for cancelled flights and long delays, and passenger complaints are up 50 percent over 2006. But are the odds of having a bad experience even higher if you’re a non-American?