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United follows suit: cancel your flight before the departure date can apply the unused ticket as a credit towards a future booking (minus change fee).
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Northwest matches — and improves — on American’s change to ticket cancellation policies
Northwest Airlines won’t even require you to cancel your flight before takeoff in order for your nonrefundable ticket to retain value as a credit for future flights.
Free stuff
Get a free sample of Tobasco Chipotle Pepper Sauce and a free sample of Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.
Purchased upgrades
David Rowell says that about $100 cash under the table buys you a business class upgrade on Aeroflot for a US-Moscow flight.
Continental follows American’s Lead
Continental is matching American Airlines’ move to return to the ways of old — making nonrefundable tickets useable as a credit (minus change fee) for up to one year if not used for their original flights.
Enhancing United’s Telephone Customer Service
A United ad referenced a phone number that was one digit off in error. Turned out to be the number of a phone sex line. This happens occasionally. Why is it that the news stories never carry the number?
This is not an Onion story
Edmonton’s anti-smoking law has a truly perverse consequence A “sober bar” that caters to recovering alcoholics was told Thursday to get a liquor licence and start serving alcohol if it wants to let customers smoke. … If they start selling liquor, they’ll be tempting many patrons to return to addiction. “The city is forcing us to promote alcohol as the only way we can keep smoking,” co-owner Tom Charbonneau said. “Other restaurants and bars have that option, but we don’t.” Charbonneau and Lawrence Lathe opened Keep It Simple two years ago to give recovering alcoholics, gambling or drug addicts a bar-like atmosphere without the booze they have to shun. They also hold meetings for Alcoholics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous and other 12-step programs in a back room. Most former addicts smoke; it gives them at least…
American Airlines rescinds “use it or lose it” rule
This is basically a return to how things worked a year ago. Under terms of the new policy, customers with nonrefundable tickets must now cancel their flight reservations before their flight is scheduled to depart. When they do, they will have one year from the date their original ticket was issued to reschedule and apply the value of the unused ticket (less any applicable change fee) to their new trip. Tickets must be reissued and travel must commence within one year of the date the original ticket was issued. Here’s how it works: A customer purchases his ticket on Sep. 1, 2003, for travel departing on Oct. 15, 2003. On Oct. 1, 2003, his plans change, and he calls his travel agent or AA Reservations to cancel his itinerary. He will now have until Sep.…
