There is no single right solution to the problem presented by trying to decide the best way to ticket two one-way airfares. There are advantages and disadvantages to both solutions.
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In these days of fees, charges and costs for everything that has to do with airline travel, Travelocity’ just sent me some interesting ways to save on baggage fees, overweight charges, change fees and food costs.
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Airlines are all talking a good game about H1N1 (Swine Flu) and whether they want passengers flying with the highly contagious disease. However, when it comes to walking the walk, all (except United) provide nothing in writing to let passengers know their policies.
AirTran Airways in a recent Atlanta Journal and Constitution the airline spokesperson said, [...]
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Last week an Air Canada passenger who had a note for a doctor certifying that she had H1N1 influenza (swine flu) refused to bend their flight change policies and a passenger felt she had no other option but fly home sick.
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In a poll completed last week by the Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA), almost 73 percent of passengers said they would fly even if they had the flu. More than half of those would fly because either change fees were too high or it was “to late” to make changes vacation plans.
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Please help the Consumer Travel Alliance get the pulse of passenger attitudes with regards to flying with H1N1 (Swine Flu) or any flu. Now that President Obama has declared H1N1 a “national emergency,” pressure is sure to mount on airlines to change some of their policies when it comes to changing airline tickets.
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With the advent of baggage fees, there has been a lot of attention on the revenues generated by checked baggage. However, an older set of fees, the change and cancellation fees are racking up even more revenues for airlines.
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United Airlines is demanding a passenger pay significant change fees on a nonrefundable ticket, when no reservation changes are involved and the ticketed fares are all valid. Well, United’s computers are making the demand even if the humans understand the problem.
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Over and over again, I read travel writers saying that travelers should use travel agents for complicated or exotic trips, but that generally they can just book “simple domestic trips” on their own online. Janice Hough suggests five reasons travel agents can help with simple trips.
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Janice Hough believes that current U.S. carriers’ policies towards changing tickets contribute to spreading colds, flu and other illnesses around the country. She suggests a common-sense solution to allow the really sick to postpone or cancel their flight reservations.
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