[Oh, and remember the near meltdown at United, struggling with labor problems and bad weather in the summer of 2000?] Some weeks, ... they were running 25 percent on time. There were planes and crews and passengers scattered all around the world; there were business travelers sleeping at O'Hare. |
Don't tell me you have forgotten the year 2000. |
Given the current situation, where airlines, some of them in bankruptcy, are dropping and changing routes, you simply need to assume they forgot to call you if an itinerary changed or got canceled. Don't assume they'll take care of you if they do change the schedule, and don't assume that what you booked, especially on an award ticket, is what you will actually fly. It's a difficult time for airlines, and that makes it a difficult time for travelers. |
I just wish there were more of them, ... I don't have to use them if I don't want to, and I'm thrilled to pay a guy to tote my bags -- or help me cut in line at check-in. |
I just wish there were more of them. I don't have to use them if I don't want to, and I'm thrilled to pay a guy to tote my bags -- or help me cut in line at check-in. |
It doesn't matter how many days you call in advance, you are never getting a free seat to Orlando on President's Day weekend at the restricted level, |
It's endless. You get nothing free anymore. If you call instead of use a Web site, you pay $10 to $50 extra. If you want a paper ticket, you pay up to $75 for the privilege. |
No one should ever be doing anything goofy to get a mile, ... [Flyers] shouldn't be charging on an airline credit card that's charging them 14 or 15 percent interest, or 20 percent interest, because you can never win that game. |
Right now, I don't see any. |
That not only will make it less convenient for you to fly, it will mean less opportunity for you to cash in your frequent-flier miles. In the weeks and months to come, it can only get worse, not better. |
The airlines go out of their way for the first two or three days after a bankruptcy filing to convince you it's going to be business as usual. |
The airlines say they had to change the weight limits because the heavier bags were a danger to their employees. But I guess if you give them $25, they're willing to put their workers at risk. |
The minute your miles start costing you something, you've lost the equation. |
They are almost like the airline of the 1950s and 1960s that viewed flying as an experience, not an endurance test. |
Who gets to decide what an 'extraordinary circumstance' is? The airline. If airline says no, then what rights do you have? You have to take them to court. |