Articles tagged “fees”

Hotels optimally would love if more of their customers paid at the property, instead of guests prepaying to online travel agencies, so they should take any increased burden from Expedia's new program in stride.

The DOT is especially sensitive these days to airlines' violations of transparency rules, especially since a stronger full-fare advertising rule went into effect in January 2012.

People have a choice: to not fly Spirit Air. Those who willingly do AND do not wise up to its fee-charging ways, they deserve to pay that $100. Simple.

Transparency yes, and no "gotcha" fees at the last moment. But, airlines shouldn't be forced to build their products for Blackberry smartphones when there are so many Android and iOS devices to consider.

Smaller U.S. markets are the hardest hit as airlines cut back unprofitable routes and use all their creativity to dream up the kid of fees -- some smart, some sinister -- that will put them in the black.

Maybe the airlines industry should rename itself as the ancillaries industry, since all growth is there AND customer service is now ancillary to everything else anyway.

In any large bankruptcy proceeding, there is a windfall to be made by lawyers, accountants, and consultants. The AMR bankruptcy case is obviously no exception.

While airlines can't directly offer lower prices than OTAs, it can withhold certain benefits, and that's what Frontier and others are trying, to attract users directly to their sites.

The air tax has the dual purpose of both raising tax revenues and discouraging air travel -- ostensibly to help the environment. Instead, it's seen as a hostile imposition that discourages travel and trade.

EasyJet is attempting to disguise new fees for choosing seats by focusing on the benefits of seat allocation and mentioning it as an improvement for business travelers.