Good airline fees? Some are worth the money
January 25, 2010 ·
It’s no secret the airline industry wants you to pay extra for everything. And I really mean everything. A fee to pay? Allegiant Air and Spirit Airlines already charge a “convenience” fee to use your credit card. A water fee? It’s hard to find a discount carrier that doesn’t make you pay for soft drinks, [...]
Leave an item on an airplane? Here’s what to do
January 23, 2010 ·
Let’s face it. We’ve all done it. In part because travel can be so disorienting, it’s easy to disembark a plane without all of our “personal belongings” as the flight attendants refer to them in their deplaning announcements (are there “impersonal belongings”? how about we just call them our belongings). Judging from anecdotal evidence, most [...]
Air travel frustration spikes with fees, security
January 20, 2010 ·
Feeling nickel-and-dimed, frisked and scanned, crowded and hustled just to get from point A to point B, air travelers seem to be reaching new levels of frustration and unhappiness. Already on edge after the failed Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flight 253, they’re dealing with ever-changing security measures that the Department of Homeland Security says [...]
American Airlines parent posts loss on weak demand
January 20, 2010 ·
American Airlines parent AMR Corp (AMR.N) posted a quarterly loss on Wednesday, capping a year of economic turmoil and weak travel demand that battered the industry. But revenue declines were less severe than some analysts had expected, and the company’s shares inched up more than 1 percent. “The smaller declines in both revenue and (traffic) [...]
American Airlines raises checked bag fees
January 19, 2010 ·
American Airlines said Monday it is raising its fees on checked bags for passengers buying tickets starting Feb. 1. The company said it is raising the charge for the first checked bag to $25 from $20 on flights in the U.S., Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. The fees apply to passengers on the company’s [...]
Japan Airlines bankruptcy filing expected Tuesday
January 18, 2010 ·
Japan Airlines is expected to file for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, ending months-long speculation about its fate and launching a massive overhaul to shed the fat and inefficiency that hobbled Asia’s biggest airline. With debts of 1.5 trillion yen ($16.5 billion) as of November, the carrier will go down in Japanese corporate history as one of [...]
Airlines raise fuel surcharges to Europe
January 13, 2010 ·
Major airlines have raised fuel surcharges on travel to Europe by $20 per roundtrip, and some have added conditions that could cause travelers to pay higher fares. Surcharges to Paris, Frankfurt and most cities on the Continent were raised to $280 per roundtrip and to $242 for London, airline representatives said Tuesday. Tim Smith, a [...]
