How a $1248 Upcharge Has American Airlines Chasing Business Customers Away

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Oct 24 2018

Basic economy is an attempt by the major airlines to raise revenue by offering a worse product.

The notion here is that the cheapest fares get called basic economy, and you have to spend more to avoid those restrictions. It’s a price increase that applies to customers that are willing to pay more to avoid the least comfortable travel an airline offers.

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$1300 Roundtrip Business Class Fares to China

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Oct 23 2018

With half a dozen Chinese airlines flying to the U.S. in addition to three U.S. airlines flying to China — and with China’s carriers growing capacity from secondary cities — fares to China are some of the lowest in the world. That occasionally includes business class fares. But $1300 roundtrip? That’s insane.

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Southwest Passenger Uses Donald Trump as Excuse For Groping Woman Inflight

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Oct 23 2018

On Sunday’s Southwest Airlines flight WN5421 from Houston to Albuquerque a man was arrested on arrival after being “accused of touching a woman’s breast while he was sitting behind her” on the flight.

The man says he doesn’t remember doing this, that he was asleep most of the flight, however when he was arrested he also explained “the president of the United States says it’s OK to grab women by their private parts.”

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