Resort fees are infuriating. The price of a hotel room isn’t the price. You book a room advertised at one price, but the hotel charges you that plus an additional fee. And since that ‘resort’ or ‘destination fee’ is mandatory, the room rate is deceptive because it doesn’t tell you how much it costs to stay at the hotel. But what if it turned out htat paying it was optional, after all?
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American Airlines is dropping out of the S&P 500 before market open on Monday, September 23rd. It will move down to the S&P MidCap 400.
That’s not S&P’s judgment about the airline’s performance and prospects… but it is the market’s judgment.
American Airlines wants you to check your bag. Fewer carry-on bags speeds up the boarding process, since passengers don’t take a few seconds each to stow their bag. And at the very end of boarding they don’t find that they’re out of bin space and have to race to gate check carry-ons. Anything they can do to reduce that time before departure is a win.
A woman shares the experience of a middle seat passenger stuck between manspreaders.
Data from aviation analytics company Cirium shows the ‘most connected airports’ meaning the airports that serve the most destinations. Here are the top 10 U.S. airports, with Chicago O’Hare able to send passengers non-stop to more places than any other.
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Trump campaign 737 mistakenly entered restricted airspace over the White House, banking right towards the Washington Monument after takeoff from National airport.
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The Department of Transportation has just sent letters to United Airlines, American, Delta and Southwest demanding significant information about their frequent flyer programs – how they’ve changed the price of awards, whether they give advance notice of program changes to members, and how the value of their points has changed over the past six years.
United has consistently devalued its miles since eliminating award charts in 2019. Delta will charge more than 4 times as many miles for the same exact seat compared to its partners. Southwest has devalued its points 43% in twelve years.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
