Comments on: Introducing the Consumer Travel Alliance: your voice in Washington http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/introducing-the-consumer-travel-alliance-your-voice-in-washington/ The last honest travel site Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shelly Eigen http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/introducing-the-consumer-travel-alliance-your-voice-in-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-15163 Shelly Eigen Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:53:27 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=15806#comment-15163 Great Idea. As a flight attendant in a 'past life', I am constantly amazed by the rudeness, insensitivity and outright lies perpetrated by employees in ALL service industries---especially the airlines and airport employees. There should be cash fines imposed by airlines that LIE when asked direct questions during delays, Substantial fines. AirTran held more than 100 passengers 'hostage' for eleven hours of delay---four of which were on the runway with fumes recirculating into the cabin. After a return to the gate, I ferreted out the true story: some 20+ passengers were stranded in Tampa, Fla.due to a 'mechanical' and we had to wait for them to arrive in Atlanta--- most were going on to the Northeast after their Disneyland vacations. Rather than pay for overnight rooms/food for these 20 some folks...AirTran decided to pay for food vouchers to the delayed Atlanta people. Ridiculous. Truth is mandatory---not just convenient. Great Idea. As a flight attendant in a ‘past life’, I am constantly amazed by the rudeness, insensitivity and outright lies perpetrated by employees in ALL service industries—especially the airlines and airport employees. There should be cash fines imposed by airlines that LIE when asked direct questions during delays, Substantial fines. AirTran held more than 100 passengers ‘hostage’ for eleven hours of delay—four of which were on the runway with fumes recirculating into the cabin. After a return to the gate, I ferreted out the true story: some 20+ passengers were stranded in Tampa, Fla.due to a ‘mechanical’ and we had to wait for them to arrive in Atlanta— most were going on to the Northeast after their Disneyland vacations. Rather than pay for overnight rooms/food for these 20 some folks…AirTran decided to pay for food vouchers to the delayed Atlanta people. Ridiculous. Truth is mandatory—not just convenient.

]]> By: Have a Cause for Travel | Top Trips http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/introducing-the-consumer-travel-alliance-your-voice-in-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-13310 Have a Cause for Travel | Top Trips Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:04:10 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=15806#comment-13310 [...] on lobbying. How much did travelers spend to get their voices heard in Washington? Nothing.  Read More... Do you like this?   Not Yet Rated Related Tags: air travel, cruise, hotels, news, [...] [...] on lobbying. How much did travelers spend to get their voices heard in Washington? Nothing.  Read More… Do you like this?   Not Yet Rated Related Tags: air travel, cruise, hotels, news, [...]

]]> By: Charlie Leocha http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/introducing-the-consumer-travel-alliance-your-voice-in-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-13244 Charlie Leocha Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:18:38 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=15806#comment-13244 Thanks to everyone who alerted me that the www.consumertravelalliance.com wasn't working. All is now fixed. Thanks to everyone who alerted me that the http://www.consumertravelalliance.com wasn’t working. All is now fixed.

]]> By: Mark Ashley http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/introducing-the-consumer-travel-alliance-your-voice-in-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-13233 Mark Ashley Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:40:02 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=15806#comment-13233 FYI, your video shows a link to consumertravelalliance.com, which is a dead link. Your post above refers to .org, rather than .com. An interesting idea. I'll look forward to seeing this fleshed out more. FYI, your video shows a link to consumertravelalliance.com, which is a dead link. Your post above refers to .org, rather than .com.

An interesting idea. I’ll look forward to seeing this fleshed out more.

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