Europe’s Vueling and Clickair to Merge
Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Travel industry | 2 Comments »There have predictions for a while of a shake-up among the multiple budget airlines criss-crossing Europe and it looks like the first consolidation is coming soon. Spanish no-frills airlines Vueling and Clickair announced this week that they were going to ...
Second-best Airline Ad Ever
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Travel funnies, Travel industry, Vacation deals | 3 Comments »A while back I highlighted the funny "Don't %$#* Me Over" coupon that Southwest published as best airline ad ever. This one isn't quite so funny, but it's equally effective for showing cheapskates like me what a deal Southwest is compared ...
A Definitive Guide to U.S. Airline Fees
Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in General, Travel industry, Vacation deals | No Comments »The experts at SmarterTravel, Airfare Watchdog, and SeatGuru have published a handy printable guide to all the extra airline fees the U.S. carriers are tacking on. As expected, taking Southwest Airlines and avoiding the rest whenever possible looks to be ...
Best Airline Ad Ever!
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Travel funnies, Travel industry, Vacation deals | 32 Comments »This ran as part of a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal yesterday. Pure brilliance. Underneath what's pictured above were these sentences: No 1st or 2nd Checked Bag Fees No Change Fees No Fuel Surcharges No Snack Fees No Aisle or Window Seat Fees No Curbside ...
Round-the-World Tickets Looking Very Risky
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Long-term travel, Travel industry | 3 Comments »There once was a time when round-the-world airline tickets purchased in advance made a lot of sense. Like, oh, when Bill Clinton had just started his first term and we still carried cassettes around in our backpacks. Then came more ...
