Comments on: Peer Pressure! Orbitz drops its flight booking fee http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/04/07/peer-pressure-orbitz-drops-its-flight-booking-fee/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:54 -0700 hourly 1 By: Floodgates are hard to shut: Orbitz keeps | Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/04/07/peer-pressure-orbitz-drops-its-flight-booking-fee/#comment-28700 Floodgates are hard to shut: Orbitz keeps | Upgrade: Travel Better Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:51:33 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=2796#comment-28700 [...] was one of the last agencies to reduce its airline booking fees. Those fee cuts were set to resume on June 1. They didn’t. Until further notice, the fees are [...] [...] was one of the last agencies to reduce its airline booking fees. Those fee cuts were set to resume on June 1. They didn’t. Until further notice, the fees are [...]

]]> By: United wants travel agencies to foot the credit card processing bill | Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/04/07/peer-pressure-orbitz-drops-its-flight-booking-fee/#comment-28475 United wants travel agencies to foot the credit card processing bill | Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:15:32 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=2796#comment-28475 [...] mean the reversal of the online travel agencies’ “no fee for airline bookings” policies that took hold with the majors in the last few [...] [...] mean the reversal of the online travel agencies’ “no fee for airline bookings” policies that took hold with the majors in the last few [...]

]]> By: Hotels will be forced to disclose fees and charges up front… but not to US customers | Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/04/07/peer-pressure-orbitz-drops-its-flight-booking-fee/#comment-28114 Hotels will be forced to disclose fees and charges up front… but not to US customers | Upgrade: Travel Better Wed, 27 May 2009 21:22:58 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=2796#comment-28114 [...] their competition over the price and transparency of surcharges, for hotel booking fees as well as airline booking fees. So here’s a challenge to the agencies in the [...] [...] their competition over the price and transparency of surcharges, for hotel booking fees as well as airline booking fees. So here’s a challenge to the agencies in the [...]

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