by Charlie Leocha | Dec 22, 2010
Yesterday American Airlines (AA) pulled the right to sell their airline tickets from one of the largest online travel agents, Orbitz. Also, Delta Air Lines Inc. said it would stop selling tickets through three smaller travel websites, CheapOAir.com, OneTravel.com, and...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 22, 2010
The Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA), a non-profit organization promoting consumer interests on travel policy issues, issued the following statement on the ruling by a judge today regarding a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing American Airlines from removing...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 22, 2010
It turns out that all the negative things that happened to air travelers in 2010 – invasive body scans, multiplying fees, erupting volcanoes – were offset by at least one positive change: an increasingly passenger-friendly Transportation Department. The federal...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 21, 2010
This unusually honest press release just arrived in email my in-box. I have seen many such “material impact” statements, but this one is exceptionally blunt. Thrifty announced that they will not have to pay taxes for 2011 and that it expects a refund for...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 20, 2010
The Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA) and the Business Travel Coalition (BTC) filed reply comments to those filed by a group of airlines regarding transparency of airline fees. The airline comments are seeking to present the disagreements about a pending Department of...