February 9, 2012

New Airline Fee: Holiday Surcharge

Bag charges.  Fuel surcharges.  Airport fees.  Fees for premium seats in the cabin.  Fees for overweight bags.  Fees for security charges.  Fees for food, pillows and blankets, and other inflight amenities.  And we haven’t even gotten to the taxes yet.  Is it any wonder that what starts out as an inexpensive airline ticket quickly creeps [...]

Airline Merger Mania

It’s long been talked, but could it actually be happening?  Are we destined to consolidate down to only one or two airlines? We could be on our way to that point if these merger rumors are true – Delta & Northwest? Continental & United? Say it isn’t so.  Less competition instead of more?  This cannot [...]