DailyDirt: On The Way, The Paper Bag Was On My Knee...

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There doesn't seem to be a "Black Friday" for getting good deals on booking flights. Maybe there is a single day of the year to buy really discounted plane tickets -- if you know what day that is, please let everyone know in the comments. But technically, it probably takes more than a single day of ticket sales for the airline industry to get into the black for the year. In any case, here are some more stories about airlines and how they treat their customers. By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.
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Filed Under: airlines, fees, fines, flights, frequent flier miles
Companies: american airlines, southwest airlines, spirit airlines, virgin america


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  1. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 28 Nov 2011 @ 5:19pm

    someone likes the Beatles

    Man, I had a dreadful flight....

    link to this | view in thread ]

  2. icon
    David (profile), 29 Nov 2011 @ 11:48am

    Just for fun:

    The onion has a piece about new fees. I hope the airlines don't see it, as it may give them ideas:

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/american-airlines-now-charging-fees-to-nonpassenge,2614/

    link to this | view in thread ]

  3. icon
    Michael Ho (profile), 29 Nov 2011 @ 12:26pm

    The pudding guy hopefully used up his miles...

    Just saw that American Airlines filed for bankruptcy...
    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/11/american-airlines-says-business-as-usual-for-pass engers-during-bankruptcy.html

    So I assume those pudding miles will be gone pretty soon.

    link to this | view in thread ]


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