Airlines’ attempt to increase fares fizzles
February 16, 2010 ·
Low-cost airlines did not hike fares, forcing major airlines to pull back U.S. airlines’ second attempt of 2010 to raise ticket prices has fizzled, with major carriers pulling back fares over the long holiday weekend, according to Farecompare. Last week, UAL Corp’s United Airlines increased fares by $10 per round-trip, and other top carriers followed [...]
Dodging a storm: Airline fee waiver policies vary
February 10, 2010 ·
A snowstorm is heading for Washington, D.C., and you’ve got a flight scheduled to see the monuments, do some shopping in trendy Georgetown and visit relatives in the suburbs. Your departing airline tells you it will waive its fee if you choose to proactively rebook a flight that has yet to be canceled. You’re all [...]
New airline flights to Alaska may lower fares
February 8, 2010 ·
Travel industry officials say more airline flights to Alaska this summer may boost competition and result in lower fares to some Lower 48 cities. The Anchorage Daily News says Continental, United and US Airways all plan to add daily nonstop service between Anchorage and Portland, Chicago, San Francisco and Philadelphia. From Fairbanks, Delta plans a [...]
Most travelers say obese fliers should pay more
January 29, 2010 ·
Should airlines charge overweight passengers more if they need an extra seat? Yes, according to three-quarters of travelers in a poll. A survey by travel Web site Skyscanner found that 76 percent of people believe airlines should charge a “fat tax.” Only 22 percent of the 550 people questioned disapproved of introducing extra payments for [...]
The sky’s not the limit: options for flier miles
January 27, 2010 ·
Airlines have been tinkering with their frequent flier programs to spur loyalty. Increasingly they’re giving customers the option to buy more than plane tickets with their rewards, and that may offer more bang for your buck. AirTran, Delta and United are among carriers that allow their frequent fliers to use their credits or miles to [...]
Airlines drop latest fare increase
January 26, 2010 ·
Major U.S. airlines have dropped an effort to raise fares by up to $16 a roundtrip after some carriers resisted the increase. Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines confirmed on Monday that it had dropped a price hike from last week. American spokesman Tim Smith said Atlanta-based Delta had pulled the increase even before American did, [...]
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 [...]
