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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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With the outbreak of the swine flu virus dominating headlines many are putting cruise travel on the backburner. Still there is a way to cruise and safely protect your vacation investment.
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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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A disturbing new poll says 51 percent of air travelers say they’d rather fly while infected than pay a $150 airline change fee.
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Last week, I published an opinion piece, Why swine flu shouldn’t fly. No sooner had my post hit cyberspace than I received a copy of a letter sent by the husband of an infected passenger who had been socked $200 to change his tickets.
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No one likes to sit near someone with the sniffles or a cough on the plane, but what about the very real prospect of your seatmate having swine flu? If current airline policies continue, those who have flu-like symptoms and heed the Centers for Disease Control warning to “stay home and avoid travel for 7 days” will face hundreds of dollars in airline fees and penalties. How many will still fly despite their illness and the chance of spreading it?
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Americans are a tough and stubborn people. Despite our love for shopping, we’re often frugal with money. Which means that when we feel sick before a trip, many of us have the inclination to “tough it out” and travel anyway. Especially if the trip uses scarce vacation time, or airline tickets that would be expensive to change.
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When discussing the airlines’ position on Swine Flu (H1N1) on-air, James May, the Air Transport Association’s chief executive, makes his industry’s position crystal-clear: “The real key is self-policing. If you are not well, if you’re ill, stay home.”
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