http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/04/20/united-to-raise-ticket-change-fee-by-50/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:54 -0700 hourly 1 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/04/20/united-to-raise-ticket-change-fee-by-50/#comment-21504 G.Twilley Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:22:55 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/04/20/united-to-raise-ticket-change-fee-by-50/#comment-21504 Funny - I've come to the same fee with US Airways (In the NE, they usually bottom out as the cheapest - sometimes Southwest is comparable though) and they start this junk about fees on top of price. What I usually do is just buy the one way fare back as most of my destinations have a cheaper one way fare than the change fee (too, I don't worry too much as I'm usually traveling on business...). Funny – I’ve come to the same fee with US Airways (In the NE, they usually bottom out as the cheapest – sometimes Southwest is comparable though) and they start this junk about fees on top of price. What I usually do is just buy the one way fare back as most of my destinations have a cheaper one way fare than the change fee (too, I don’t worry too much as I’m usually traveling on business…).

]]> http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/04/20/united-to-raise-ticket-change-fee-by-50/#comment-21487 Oliver Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:45:03 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/04/20/united-to-raise-ticket-change-fee-by-50/#comment-21487 Funny, I didn't even know they had eliminated the Saturday night stay requirement. Not a big deal for me; I tend to always travel over a weekend as it's usually leisure travel (gotta work during the week). Funny, I didn’t even know they had eliminated the Saturday night stay requirement. Not a big deal for me; I tend to always travel over a weekend as it’s usually leisure travel (gotta work during the week).

]]> http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/04/20/united-to-raise-ticket-change-fee-by-50/#comment-21485 Friendly Skies? Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:42:56 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/04/20/united-to-raise-ticket-change-fee-by-50/#comment-21485 I think the uber-question is when are we going to have an energy and fiscal policy that deals with the rising cost of oil. Obviously the cost has a lot to do with the plummeting dollar, but also with the price controls from OPEC and the slavery we have to them due to no energy policy. This isn't about hybrid Pratt & Whitney engines, but about decreasing demand in other areas so that the price goes down for those sectors that can't get off oil. November cannot come soon enough. I won't even say who to vote for, but just that "any" change at this point has got to be a good one. I think the uber-question is when are we going to have an energy and fiscal policy that deals with the rising cost of oil. Obviously the cost has a lot to do with the plummeting dollar, but also with the price controls from OPEC and the slavery we have to them due to no energy policy. This isn’t about hybrid Pratt & Whitney engines, but about decreasing demand in other areas so that the price goes down for those sectors that can’t get off oil. November cannot come soon enough. I won’t even say who to vote for, but just that “any” change at this point has got to be a good one.

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