Tag Archive
Spirit Airlines Beats Ryanair at Bottom Feeding – Charges for Carry-Ons
Effective July 1st, for travel beginning August 1st, Spirit Airlines will now charge for carry-on bags. You will still be able to take your small personal item onboard, but if you wish a carryon bag in the overhead, that will be $30 before departure. If you are member of their $9 Fare Club(which oddly...
Read more...
Is Letting Bag-Free Passengers Board First a Good Idea?
Virgin America is testing the idea of letting passengers who are traveling without carry-on luggage board the plane first. Now, we aren’t sure of the exact details. We assume personal items wouldn’t count, and this would be limited to actual luggage. Few people travel with only the clothes on their back. But people, as...
Read more...
Roundup: Packing Your Suitcase
Image by puregin via Flickr We spun off Infrequent Flier to provide basic travel tips and advice, allowing Flight Wisdom to be, as its tagline says, “News, Thoughts, and Advice on Air Travel and the Travel Experience.” Today, we’re testing out a new theme at Infrequent Flier. We like to mix things up every...
Read more...
Emotional Baggage or Baggage Emotions
The Boston Globe theorized last week that JetBlue would soon match other airlines in charging for a first checked bag. Southwest and JetBlue are the only major carriers who do not charge for the first bag. Dave Barger, CEO of JetBlue advised that no decision had been made and that he was “wary of...
Read more...
Student Sues US Airways over Missing XBox
Image by Getty Images via Daylife A Yale student is suing US Airways, claiming that they stole an Xbox 360 from his luggage. He is requesting $1 million in compensation. Jesse Maiman claims that when he took a Dec. 17, 2008, flight from New Haven, Conn., to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, he checked his...
Read more...
United Airlines to Discontinue Complaint Line
Image by Getty Images via Daylife United Airlines is dropping a call center that took compliments or complaints after a flight, instructing passengers to send a letter or email instead. It will stop publishing its customer relations number. It will be training its call centers in Chicago and Honolulu to respond to written customer...
Read more...
Delta Matches Northwest Bag and Other Fees – Who Bought Who?
Delta Air Lines announced today it will revise its baggage fees effective immediately for all tickets sold for travel on or after December 5th, it will charge a $15 fee for the first bag and a $25 fee for the second. Most Northwest policies and fees will be aligned to Delta’s structure effective December...
Read more...
Subscribe via RSS
Subscribe via Email
Subscribe to the Flight Wisdom Briefing(Audio)