Continental says business travel still falling
March 18, 2009 ·
Continental Airlines Inc. said declining business travel is hurting a key measure of revenue, and that the drop-off has gotten worse since January. The fourth-largest U.S. airline said drops in yield, or the money it collects for flying each passenger one mile, have “become significant.” Earlier this month Continental said its February revenue per available [...]
Premium travel dropped 16.7 percent in Jan.
March 17, 2009 ·
The number of passengers flying in the front of the plane on premium tickets fell 16.7 percent in January, a trade group said on Tuesday. The International Air Transport Association estimated that with fewer passengers, revenue from first- and business-class travel probably fell at least 25 percent in January, “wreaking significant damage to network airline [...]
New rules for Dubai seek to tame expat exploits
March 16, 2009 ·
A peck on the cheek in public? Probably OK. Steamy embrace? Get a room. That’s the message coming from Dubai authorities in their latest struggle to tame public behavior in this glitzy Gulf city state that sells itself as a place where the Middle East meets the wild West. Dubai revealed the new behavior guidelines [...]
Traveling to Hawaii on the cheap
March 16, 2009 ·
In an attempt to be frugal amid the economic downturn, Karl Stetson and his family in Seattle, Washington, planned to skip their annual trip to Hawaii. That is until Stetson began noticing airfare and hotel rates plunge this year. Last week, he caved, purchasing plane tickets for less than $450 a person, a sweet deal [...]
How to score secret airline perks
March 5, 2009 ·
Want to fly first class for the price of coach? Y-Ups are special codes on first-class airfare which indicate that the seat can be assigned to those looking to upgrade from economy. What’s the ultimate sky-high perk? For economy-class passengers, that would be a tray table that doesn’t flop open by itself. But most travelers [...]
Two words for a frugal flier: Patience. Wednesday.
March 4, 2009 ·
Want to fly cheap? Time to break some bad habits. Like buying the first cheap ticket you see or waiting until the last minute to book a fare. As the economic slump continues and both business and leisure travel declines, fares are getting cheaper as airlines try to fill seats. A roundtrip ticket betwee San [...]
Freebies down 5 percent at Atlantic City casinos
March 3, 2009 ·
The latest casualty of the economic meltdown: casino comps, the freebies handed out to gamblers to keep them happy and coming back for more at Atlantic City’s 11 casinos. Total comps fell by nearly 5 percent last year, to $1.55 billion. Analysts say the decline in freebies was an unavoidable consequence of the sputtering economy. [...]
