Are you again supposed to reconfirm your return flights? United Airlines – tell us it ain’t so …… A friend checking in to Lisbon airport this morning for a United flight to Newark was advised that his reservation had been cancelled three days previously. Curiously, he had been invited that morning by United to check-in […]
Airline Fuel Surcharges. Deceptive and irritating Airlines introduced these insidious fees in February 2004/5 at a time that the oil price increased from about $50 to $75 in a very short period. The general idea, at least the one proposed to the US regulatory authorities, was that it would be too complex to refile the […]
I remember the heady days of the mid 1908s when Jimmy Carter deregulated the American airline industry. Henceforth anyone could fly anywhere, competition would rule the skies and air travel was suddenly open to a wide section of the population previously resigned to staying at home or going by bus. They were the days of […]