http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/21/thanksgiving-travel-tips/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:46:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/21/thanksgiving-travel-tips/#comment-17995 Thanksgiving 2007: Good luck, and thanks » Upgrade: Travel Better Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:22:54 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/21/thanksgiving-travel-tips/#comment-17995 [...] for those who ARE traveling this holiday, good luck. The tips I posted a year ago for holiday travel are just as valid today, if not more [...] […] for those who ARE traveling this holiday, good luck. The tips I posted a year ago for holiday travel are just as valid today, if not more […]

]]> http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/21/thanksgiving-travel-tips/#comment-388 still asleep Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:45:43 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/21/thanksgiving-travel-tips/#comment-388 i think checking in online is especially good because i had a situation today with a woman trying to check in at AirTran (BWI), only to be told she had no flight. our agency screwed up in that we held her booking, but we never submitted payment. she didn't think to question that her flight had never appeared on her statement. we took a $400 loss getting her on the next Northwest flight on account of AirTran was sold out. had she have called because she couldn't check in online, we could have pulled up the booking, seen there was no booking, and not had to scramble to make sure her tickets were issued five minutes before she checks in with the confirmation number i gave her. fun times! i think checking in online is especially good because i had a situation today with a woman trying to check in at AirTran (BWI), only to be told she had no flight. our agency screwed up in that we held her booking, but we never submitted payment. she didn’t think to question that her flight had never appeared on her statement. we took a $400 loss getting her on the next Northwest flight on account of AirTran was sold out. had she have called because she couldn’t check in online, we could have pulled up the booking, seen there was no booking, and not had to scramble to make sure her tickets were issued five minutes before she checks in with the confirmation number i gave her. fun times!

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