Washington, DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport is currently limited both in the number of takeoffs and landings permitted (slot controlled) and in the distance that flights make travel to and from the airport (1250 miles). There are some exceptions to the 1250 mile ‘perimeter rule’ that have been carved out by Congress, for example Alaska Airlines currently flies one daily flight to Seattle and America West flies to Las Vegas. More flights are coming to National, including flights beyond the perimeter. The department awarded United Airlines with two daily flights to Denver; Frontier Airlines with four flights to Denver; Alaska Airlines with one daily flight to Seattle and one to Los Angeles; and America West Airlines with two flights to Phoenix. The Transportation Department awarded a number of short-haul slots, including two daily flights each…
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for April 2004.
The economics of frequent flyer awards, airline perspective
Gary Steiger of Free Frequent Flyer Miles passed along this article which details frequent flyer award useage (how many awards claimed, what percentage of travel that accounts for) at each carrier, drawn from their most recent 10-K filings. The April issue of Inside Flyer (subscription required) has more to say about these 10-Ks, outlining what they reveal about the economics of frequent flyer miles. In simple terms, American thus estimates that a domestic roundtrip will cost them about $12.90. This is in fairly stark contrast to Delta and Northwest, which estimate their costs at $16.01 and $16.57, respectively. On average, it seems the cost of your free ticket is about $14.74. That’s a three-dollar drop from 2002. To illustrate just how profitable a frequent flyer program can be, then, let’s play with that $14.74 figure.…
A weird, weird world
Just when I thought the world couldn’t get stranger than a man suing an airline for failing to warn him that drinking too much could be dangerous, come these stories: A 15 year old girl is charged with child pornography for sexually exploiting herself. A Virginia woman is charged with a felony for receiving oral sex. The judge in the case says that, the Supreme Court’s Lawrence v. Texas decision notwithstanding, a law’s constitutionality is the purview of the legislature and not the courts. The Georgia House of Representatives has passed a ban on women piercing their genitals.
10,000 Bonus Miles for Grocery Shopping Online
Residents of California, Seattle and Vancouver Washington, Portland Oregon and Las Vegas can shop online with a minimum $100 purchase per order at Safeway or Vons and earn up to 10,000 bonus United miles on top of the standard 125 miles for every $250 spent. The offer is valid from March 31th to June 9th, 2004 and bonuses are awarded as follows: Shop 2 times – 1,000 Bonus miles Shop 4 times – 3,000 Bonus miles Shop 6 times – 5,000 Bonus miles Shop 8 times – 7,000 Bonus miles Shop 10 times – 10,000 Bonus miles
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