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Comment by Andrea Grill on October 1, 2009 at 11:15am

In this travel climate it seems like a really bad idea. Many companies are no longer allowing paid business class travel. Any other airline that previously tried this, in better times, failed. I don't think they will be able to sustain this. They're not even filling up their normal flights with paid business class seats. A lot of those seats are still getting filled with upgrades. Unless they' have a bigger plan to change their whole faring model, I think this will bring them deeper into the whole they already can't afford.

Comment by David Paul Appell on October 1, 2009 at 9:15am

So British Airways finally went and launched its all-business-class flights. Any thoughts from the peanut gallery on how that's likely to work out for them?

Comment by Andrea Grill on September 30, 2009 at 11:43am

Are you longing for the days where you can smoke on a flight?
Ryanair's new marketing ploy is to sell you their own "smokeless" cigarettes.
This will gain them the revenue lost by discontinuing their bathroom tolls.
2 more reasons to breath a sigh of relief.
I think they're just gearing up for their standing room only flights. They have to off you something.

Comment by Andrea Grill on September 30, 2009 at 11:35am

Orbitz.com has changed their hotel booking cancellation fees. While some hotels may still charge their own cancellation fees, Orbitz will not tack on any of their own fees. This does not include their general cancellation policies where hotels are included in a total packaged deal.

Comment by Andrea Grill on September 30, 2009 at 11:28am

The Department of State is alerting U.S. citizens to the quarantine measures imposed by the government of China in response to the 2009-H1N1 pandemic that may affect travel to China. The Alert updates the July 9, 2009, Travel Alert in order to advise U.S. citizens of the current quarantine situation. This Travel Alert expires on Dec. 30, 2009. In May 2009, China implemented a policy that allows it to quarantine arriving passengers who exhibit fever or flu-like symptoms. Although the overall percentage of U.S. citizens being quarantined remains low, the nature of the selection process makes it almost impossible to predict when a traveler may be placed into quarantine. From May to August 2009, the Department of State received thousands of reports of quarantined U.S. citizens. Since September, however, reports of U.S. citizens in quarantine have been infrequent.
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Comment by Andrea Grill on September 29, 2009 at 5:58pm

GetThere, today, unveiled plans for a new suite of collaboration tools to help corporations maximize the return on investment of travel, meetings and virtual meeting options. The next generation of the 15-year-old online booking tool is to be called a "Collaboration Suite" and include a "return on invested collaboration calculator," social networking functionality, meeting planning tools and collaboration inventory management covering air travel booking to remote conferencing services, according to GetThere chief marketing officer and Sabre Travel Network corporate segment strategy and solutions vice president Suzanne Neufang.
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Comment by Andrea Grill on September 29, 2009 at 5:48pm

For those of you who might have thought you were about to get a break,
**** UPDATED 29SEP2009 ****
Both the House and Senate have now passed a three-month extension of the federal aviation excise taxes. The President is expected to sign the measure no later than September 30.
Nothing like waiting until the last minute....the current bill is in effect until, you guessed it, September 30.

Comment by Andrea Grill on September 29, 2009 at 5:38pm

Don't ask for lemon in your drink on Southwest. Looks like limes won out....
Limes triumph....

Comment by John Lamkin on September 29, 2009 at 5:22pm

David, thanks for sharing. Here's a good site for anyone interested in this dilemma:http://www.onebag.com/
Pretzels £1.

Comment by David Paul Appell on September 29, 2009 at 4:50pm

A rundown from the AP of the recent trend toward baggage fees now also on international flights: "Baggage Fees Join Your Overseas Flights," by Joshua Freed. What's next, just a bag of pretzels on the next overnighter to Europe?

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