Fares
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Fun with Economics: Why Unbundling is a Good Thing
You can probably look back and find plenty of posts that I’ve written about how unbundling in the airline industry is a…
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Farelogix Shows How Booking a Flight Should Work, and It’s Excellent
As you know from my trip report last week, I was in Miami attending Farelogix media day. But what is it that…
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Does the Math Add Up on American’s Fare Choice Bundles?
More than 5 years ago, in the early days of the blog, I awarded American a gold star for changing its booking…
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Cranky on the Web (October 8 – 12)
The Exact Dates When No One Wants to Travel and You Will Find Cheap Airfare – Conde Nast Daily Traveler Southwest launched…
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Cranky on the Web (May 26 – June 1)
Delta tests ‘basic economy’ fares on some flights – Atlanta Journal-Constitution The AJC wrote about Delta’s Basic Economy fares out of Detroit…
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Cranky on the Web (April 30 – May 4)
Airlines charging extra for everything is good for consumers, report says (poll) – Cleveland Plain Dealer This article looked at a study…
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Cranky on the Web (January 23 – 27)
New rules make airfare seem higher (even though it isn’t) – CNN Out of the Office This week, I took a look…
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Cranky on the Web (January 2 – 6)
Flights to Europe Are About to Get More Expensive – Conde Nast Daily Traveler With the European Union’s Emissions Trading System going…
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How Mistake Fares Get Filed and Why Korean Messed Up
Airlines can accidentally file the wrong fares. I should know, since I’ve personally done it twice. That’s fine, people make mistakes, but…
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A Look at My 9 Least Favorite SCASDP Proposals (and the Ones that Won)
Those of you who used to read me over on BNET know that I used to spend a solid week each year…
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Alaska Lowers First Class Fares, Sells More Seats
There’s been a lot of talk of supply and demand here on the blog this week, so I figured, why not pile…
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Why Airlines Shouldn’t Have Passed On Tax Savings to Customers
The FAA is back up and running and tax collection is beginning again, but some people are still angry. Most airlines decided…