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George Hobica on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 6:50 PM to
Airline Industry News
That's the rumor, anyway. For quite a while, AA has been enticing travelers to buy tickets only on its own site, aa.com, with its DealFinder widget, which offers 10 to 30% off on various routes with the use of promo codes.
According to this blog post, cash-crunched American no longer wants to pay double booking fees to both Kayak and Orbitz (fares found on American via Kayak are sent not to aa.com but to Orbitz.com for booking).
Southwest, of course, already does very nicely by not listing on Kayak or any other site. So perhaps American is thinking, hey, why can't we go it alone too?
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George Hobica on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 2:15 PM to
Airline Industry News
Alaska Airlines joins the small club of airline web sites with a 30-day flexible date search (see how it works). American has a 31-day search (domestic roundtrips only) and Southwest has their "ShortCut" which allows you to search any 30 day period outbound and any other 30 day period on the return. But most airline sites just do a 1 to 3 day flexible date search, if they offer it at all.
Alaska's new product allows you to:
- View an entire month of fares for your chosen destination(s) and see the lowest fare available for each day of the month
- View lowest fares for both outbound and return flights
- Filter your search to only display First Class fares
- View your total fare in an easy-to-use Trip Summary table
However, for fares to Mexico, the search range is only 3 days.
There are still lots of low fares out there, but increasingly you have to be extra flexble in your travel dates to nab them. So kudos to Alaska for making it easier to do so.
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Posted by
George Hobica on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 7:56 PM to
Airline Industry News
Big changes at United Airlines and it'll hit you right in your pocketbook:
- Laying off 7000 workers
- Cutting domestic seat capacity 15.5 to 16.5 percent
- Retiring 100 jets
Read the press release to see what else they're up to.
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George Hobica on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 11:09 AM to
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Sorry, Ontario, you won't have JetBlue after Sept 3, 2008, and will cut seat capacity by 10 percent and has no plans to grow capacity in 2009. Read the press release. If you've already purchased seats on the New York JFK to Ontario nonstop route for travel after Sept 3, you can get a refund, or ask the airline to switch you to Long Beach or Burbank.
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George Hobica on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 10:25 AM to
Airline Industry News
In what is perhaps a harbinger of worse things to come, Midwest Airlines is cutting service to the following cities on Sept 8:
- Ft. Lauderdale
- Ft. Myers
- San Diego
Midwest Connect, their regional jet service, will discontinue flights to:
- Baltimore
- Hartford
- St. Louis
- San Antonio
- Louisville
Milwaukee-Orlando service will become seasonal, operating from October to April only.
Previously, the carrier eliminated service to Austin, Charlotte, Colorado Springs, and Duluth.
Midwest has asked its employees for substantial pay cuts. We suggest that you purchase flights on Midwest with a credit card and complete travel on such purchases no more than 60 days from time of purchase, in order to be protected under the Fair Credit Billing Act.
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George Hobica on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 10:59 AM to
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As Ben Mutzabaugh reports in his USAToday "Today in the Sky" blog, "You may want to hurry to the baggage carousel the next time you fly to Atlanta. That's because 'baggage theft has been a problem at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in recent years,' The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (free registration) reports. The paper says eight people have been arrested between mid-May and the end of June for stealing fliers' luggage from the baggage-claim area.
You may remember that in the good old days, airlines had security people comparing luggage tags with baggage checks. Where'd they all go? Well, someone has to pay those security people, right? And maybe the airlines don't feel like doing that anymore.
So ship your luggage instead, or be the first out the door when your plane lands and sprint to the baggage claim area.
You might want to think about travel insurance (but maybe not sold by your airline).
Also read: Larceny in the Air
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George Hobica on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 2:28 PM to
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Hawaii carrier Go! announced it will add a $10 first-checked-bag fee, effective for tickets purchased on or after July 10 for travel on or after August 10, according to Smarter Travel.
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George Hobica on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 2:09 PM to
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Yes, it's true. US Air says no more movies because the in flight entertainment system weighs 500 pounds and they're trying to cut the weight of their planes any way they can, to save fuel.
But what about 500 pound passengers? Why not add a surcharge to anyone over, say, 300 pounds, and give discounts to skinny people? Some corporations are now charging more for healthcare premiums if an employee is obese. Maybe it would lead people to lose some weight. And then we could get movies back. Comments?
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Posted by
Jacob Kasnett on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 8:27 AM to
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I suppose it was only a matter of time. With most of the other major airlines already on the charge-for-luggage-so-we-could-stay-in-business bandwagon, Northwest caved in to the peer pressure.
Northwest Airlines announced Wednesday that it will begin charging passengers $15 for the first piece of checked baggage. The new policy applies to tickets that were sold from July 10 and on, for travel beginning Aug 28. This new rule is in effect throughout the U.S. as well as for travel between the U.S. and Canada. The fee for a second checked bag will be $25 and $100 for three or more bags.
Northwest also announced that the fee to change your ticket is rising from $100 to $150 per ticket. It doesn't stop there, however: they are also going to begin charging to issue awards tickets for their frequent flier program, Worldperks. It will now cost $25 to issue a domestic ticket, $50 for trans-Atlantic, and $100 for trans-Pacific travel. (To see all the new Worldperks charges, click here.) To make it a fee issuing party, they are now going to charge $25 to make reservations by phone.
With extensive financial losses due to skyrocketing fuel costs, Northwest hopes to generate upwards of $300 million a year with these new policies...that should buy a heap of fuel.
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Posted by
Alisa B on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 at 6:05 PM to
Domestic US Fares, Airline Industry News
Allegiant Air very quietly loaded some new routes onto their website and we listed the fares just as soon as we made the discovery today. No fanfare, no specific notice made on their site. Just slipped those little devils in and left our eagle-eyes to catch them.
On August 21, twice weekly service commences between Las Vegas and Appleton, WI. A bit later, on September 19, Casper, WY to Las Vegas joins the hit parade. And now, those of you in or near Grand Forks, ND can get to Las Vegas on Allegiant's non-stop service as well, as of September 29. Round trip fares currently range from $158.00 - $218.00, depending on the route.
Although Allegiant already services Mesa, AZ and Rockford, IL to and from other cities, they will begin flights between Mesa and Rockford on October 3 as well at $248.00 round-trip.
All of Allegiant's service is non-stop and all Allegiant fares listed on our site can be purchased as one-ways for 1/2 the round-trip fare. Allegiant Air is NOT represented on any travel search engine sites. So, check out Allegiant's site for all booking details.
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