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Continental Airlines newest money making scheme: paid exit row seating
The next time you fly Continental Airlines and you want an exit row seat, you’ll have to pay a little extra.
On March 17th, passengers in coach can add 7 inches of legroom by purchasing an exit row seat up to 24 hours before their flight.
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Concorde trial starts, passengers want a fat tax for the overweight, mind reading at airports
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Led by US (I’ve never seen a fee I don’t like) Airways who hiked luggage fees late last year, baggage fees are taking off again as Delta and Continental join in the money grab. Even with Southwest showing that no baggage fees is good business, the legacy airlines are marching into the world of increased fees and less passengers. It won’t take legacy airline passengers too long to catch on to this disguised fare hike.
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JAL wary of bankruptcy and Japan wary of bailout, Big Apple is most visited city, Continental CEO refuses pay until the airline makes a profit
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United Airlines, Continental Airlines and All Nippon Airways are seeking an antitrust waiver so they can coordinate flights with each other.
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Boeing’s Dreamliner begins its roll to the end of the runway and its first flight. America’s airlines post smallest traffic drop of last 18 months. Airport improvement fund may add jobs to the economy.
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United will retire the last of its 737 on Wednesday. It will make its last landing at San Francisco International Airport.
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Steve Wynn plans Thursday announcement at Encore Theater
The Encore Theater at the Wynn has remained largely empty since the death of Danny Gans. On Thursday, Steve Wynn plans to announce a new lineup.
Beyonce, Garth Brooks and Larry King have taken the stage at the Encore Theater but a permanent fixture has been a “work in [...]
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This collection of ads, the Continental ones above and the old PanAm and United Air Lines ads below focus on something that we seem to have lost in the airline business — customer service. When we look back at these ads below or even watch contemporary ads made for Continental, the last remaining airline to serve meals in coach on domestic routes, there is certainly a sense of once upon a time.
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The airline and airport news seems to be moving in the right direction for low-cost, point-to-point carriers. The country’s largest legacy carriers are retrenching in their hubs and the largest airports abandoning middle America to low-cost carriers.
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