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Nonrefundable hotel rates: modest savings, big risk
Los Angeles TimesNonrefundable airfares make unwelcome travel companions I tolerate only because they save me hundreds of dollars. And at least with most cruises and tours, thanks to deposit schedules, I lose my stake gradually. Not so with nonrefundable hotel rates....Tags: Expedia Incorporated, priceline.com Incorporated, New York University, Hotels and Accommodations, Tourism and Leisure
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Traveling just got cheaper for the holidays
Detroit Free PressWill we still be going to Grandma's? Whether Americans will travel for the holidays these next seven weeks is anybody's guess. With gasoline prices plummeting, travelers have suddenly lost their excuse not to visit grumpy Uncle Herbert in Paducah. At...Tags: Holiday Vacations, Petroleum Industry, Transportation, Commuting, Trips and Vacations
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Taking the kids - to Amsterdam
Tribune Media ServicesI've found vacation nirvana for teenagers and it's a place parents will like just as much as teens do. Welcome to Amsterdam. It's got everything, including teen-safe clubs, terrific outdoor markets that, despite the weak dollar, offer some bona fide...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Juvenile Delinquency, Tour Operations Industry, British Airways Plc, People
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Old-fashioned phone calls to airline better served by e-mail
Tribune Media ServicesVirgin Atlantic promises Jerry Levine it will send him a paper ticket for his flight from San Francisco to Johannesburg. But when it doesn't, the airline is less than helpful in tracking it down. What should he do now? Q Can you help me with an airline...Tags: Electronics, Transportation Accidents, Transportation, Air Transportation
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Planes, pain and auto executives
BusinessWeek.comWith all of the hoo-hah over corporate aircraft flying about, let???s take a look at the cost. It does add up to some big bucks. Big companies have to report the price tag for the corporate planes and other perks that they give to their executives. Last... -
Southwest Airlines looks to give up some BWI gates
The Associated PressThe largest passenger airline at Baltimore's principal airport said it is negotiating with the Maryland Aviation Administration to give up some of its boarding gates. Southwest Airlines controls more than two dozen gates at Baltimore-Washington...Tags: Transportation, Southwest Airlines Company, Air Transportation
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Democracy demands that some firms fail
What is great about our American democracy is that every individual and business has the opportunity to be successful and the opportunity to fail. For instance, from the ashes of what were once economic bedrock industries such as steel and textiles came...Tags: Democracy, Havre de Grace, Bethlehem Steel, Transportation, Southwest Airlines Company
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Southwest seeks to trim gates, not flights, at BWI
Amid a flagging economy, Southwest Airlines wants to give up nearly a quarter of its gates at Maryland's flagship airport, company officials said yesterday. The low-cost carrier, which operates more than half the flights at Baltimore-Washington...Tags: Government, National Government, Peter Franchot, Weather Reports, AirTran
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US Airways restores bonus miles program
Following an outcry from frequent fliers, US Airways has brought back mileage-award perks for regular customers — a rare reversal in this era of more fees and fewer benefits for travelers. The airline said Thursday morning that it is restoring...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation
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Airlines
Delta Air Lines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co. and other carriers will add dozens of flights to Washington in mid-January to take advantage of travel demand for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. The flights are a measure of the expected...Tags: Delta Air Lines, Gucci Group NV, 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Barack Obama, Transportation
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Three airports opening new runways
Alarm in the aviation industry over a projected 10 percent drop in domestic flights this winter didn't derail plans to open multimillion-dollar runways at three U.S. airports Thursday. Despite global economic woes that have fewer people taking to the...Tags: O'Hare, Seattle
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Unfriendly skies
Of The Associated PressSome in Congress pounced this week on what they view as the hypocrisy of auto executives flying in corporate jets to Washington to ask for public help. Corporations insist riding on private planes is not a lavish perk, but rather a necessary security...Tags: Harry Reid, Government, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Intel Corp., National Government
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