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Airline Ticket Changes Will Hit Passengers In The Wallet
United Announced Increase Of At Least $200 For Changes On Domestic Flights .Passengers on United Airlines who need to make adjustments to their schedules will be hit with a fee of at least $200 for domestic flights.... (www.aero-news.net) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Some of the fees are such that you can't get around them and the bastards know it.
@ access air - sorry not true - companies every week are paying millions in change fees.
How do you think people get re-routed when the plan or job doesn't come thru ???
How do you think people get re-routed when the plan or job doesn't come thru ???
With the majority of these fees being paid by business travelers, and most often starting Wednesday nights and Thursdays, when those of us who can attemp to get home a little early if possible. With the change fee nearing the cost of most mid to hi hotels , it doesn't make my (world wide company) any money to get an employee home early.
Good luck United, I think I'm out... for AA and One World next year !!!
Good luck United, I think I'm out... for AA and One World next year !!!
While not having to fool with it much anymore, if a meeting wound up early and you had multiple flights, it used to be a simple matter to check in early and grab an extra seat on an earlier flight that might get you home earlier. DAL started screwing that up with their same day change thing/fee and then everybody started tightening capacity so in a lot of cases, those seats just weren't there anyway, besides the increased fees. As Scott says, they are at the cost of a good hotel.
Case in point: My trip in June took four hours, and looking at quite a few combinations with multiple carriers in order to make connections, and get to my destination at a decent hour (before 1 am). Do you really think business types have that kind of time to play around with computer tag? The folks I know don't even deal with those kinds of details. They call their travel department (if they have one) who contacts the outside contractor, who takes care of it all.
Besides, an operation that makes money based on full seats, cannot plan capacity/services when customers change their mind on short notice. So are they supposed to just take the loss?
And if one really needs to be there on short-notice, there are plenty of for-hire craft out there who can get you point A to point B faster than any scheduled carrier can ever hope. The more important the business person, the less apt he or she is going to use commercial.
Besides, an operation that makes money based on full seats, cannot plan capacity/services when customers change their mind on short notice. So are they supposed to just take the loss?
And if one really needs to be there on short-notice, there are plenty of for-hire craft out there who can get you point A to point B faster than any scheduled carrier can ever hope. The more important the business person, the less apt he or she is going to use commercial.
I can understand a RATE difference, and I could understand a SHORT NOTICE change, but to point/click several weeks in advance is nothing but a ripoff, but what else would you expect from Chicago?