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Is this discount airline ticket a lost cause?
Carole Brown’s airline ticket — or lack of a ticket — is probably a lost cause. But this being Monday, when I present a borderline case, I’m not 100 percent certain of it.
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No way to make ‘La Nouba’ — how about a do-over?
Question: I need some help. My friend and her husband have been extremely good to me this past year. It has been a difficult year for me personally and they have opened their home to me and their friendship has been unmerited.
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New rules for airline fees are a partial victory for travelers
If airfares confuse you as much as they confuse me, then I have some good news: Several new rules are going to make it easier to calculate the total cost of a ticket.
Maybe.
Starting Jan. 26, a new U.S. Transportation Department rule will require airlines to include all taxes and fees in their advertised fares. Other provisions of the rule — banning post-purchase price increases and allowing passengers to hold certain reservations without payment or to cancel them without penalty for 24 hours after booking — will take effect Jan. 24.
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Orbitz vs. American Airlines: The traveler is the loser
Maybe you’ve heard about the little dust-up between American Airlines and several online travel agencies, including Orbitz and Expedia.
Maybe you’ve noticed that when you go fare-shopping on those travel sites, you aren’t offered any American flights.
Maybe you’ve said to yourself, “So what?”
“It’s really an inside baseball kind of story,” admits William Swelbar, a research engineer in MIT’s International Center for Air Transportation.
But not so fast. Yes, the intramural spat between airlines and travel agencies may seem irrelevant, but there’s a lot at stake. The future of how you buy airline tickets could hang in the balance.
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US Airways and United Airlines practice “discriminatory” pricing, study finds
US Airways and United Airlines practiced discriminatory pricing against disabled passengers, in apparent violation of federal law, a new study conducted by Towson University finds.
The research, conducted by Jonathan Lazar, a computer and information sciences professor, found both airlines routinely refused to waive fees for blind callers booking by phone, even after being made aware of the regulations.
The results will be published in the next edition of Government Information Quarterly.
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