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Comment by David Paul Appell on August 21, 2011 at 12:00pm

A couple of cute flying-related cartoons I came across recently:

 

Comment by Anil on August 13, 2011 at 10:59pm

If other airlines follow suit, then maybe something to worry about.  Given that fares were high the whole summer. One has to see what discounts airlines give after Labor day.

Comment by Ed Wetschler on August 9, 2011 at 8:41am

While oil futures fall to $77.40, Ryanair has hiked fares 12% to cover "rising" fuel costs. Is this the end of cheap flights?

Comment by Tripatini on July 19, 2011 at 3:13pm

Someone has asked a good question about transcontinental flights at Tripatini's Ask a Travel Pro page. Can you solve her problem? 

Comment by Ed Wetschler on July 10, 2011 at 10:16pm

Comment by Anil on July 4, 2011 at 5:51am

The wisdom in flyertalk has been that it is about 2c/mile. It  is worth buying miles anything less than that. i.e 1-1.5c/mile. The best way to accrue is to do a mileage run when there are good fares.

Comment by Ed Wetschler on July 1, 2011 at 6:51pm

Folks, feel free to disagree: Buzzy, frequent flyer maven Ed Perkins has determined that each mile is worth between .7 and 1.5 cents. Although that's accurate, I still think it's generous because it's so hard to cash in the frequent flyer miles.

But okay, let's say you can cash them in.

Divide $500 by 25,000 miles and you get 2 cents per mile. Strikes me as a terrible deal. Anyone want to confirm or disprove my calculations?

Comment by Buzzy Gordon on July 1, 2011 at 4:54pm

What is a good price for buying miles?

AA is offering bonuses to purchase miles, starting at an extra 5K for buying 20K. Thus, 25K would cost $500. Is this a good per-mile price? When would you advise purchasing miles? BTW, this is the lowest the airline goes: no better than 2 cents a mile even if you buy 50K miles.

Comment by EnLinea Media on June 14, 2011 at 3:22pm

Question re airfares out of Brazil. Want to help?

Comment by Tony Abreu on June 10, 2011 at 1:27pm

Just checked the Federal Register. It says:

This rule is effective August 23, 2011 except for the amendments to 14 CFR 399.84 which become effective October 24, 2011.

http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/04/25/2011-9736/enhanc...

• Enforces the full fare advertising rule as written (i.e., ads which state a price must state the full price to be paid). Carriers currently may exclude government taxes/fees imposed on a per-passenger basis.
• Clarifies the rule’s applicability to ticket agents.
• Prohibits carriers and ticket agents from advertising fares that are not the full fare and impose stringent notice requirements in connection with the advertisement of ‘‘each-way’’ fares available for purchase only on a roundtrip basis.
• Prohibits opt-out provisions in ads for air transportation.

 

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