It’s been a rough day. A rough week, and it’s only halfway over. (And while I may whine and moan, if you’ve had the misfortune of trying to have Europe on your itinerary, it’s been even rougher.)
So here, cheer up. Have a clip of Stephen Colbert, on the subject of airline fees.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Colbert is exactly on point. It is unfortunate that the airline industry has come to this point. More and more people are looking into private air travel over first-class travel on a commercial plane.
T. Thema Martin
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April 22nd, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Airline managers aren’t happy until passengers aren’t happy.
The beatings will stop when morale improves.
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:38 pm
[...] Hat tip to Mark Ashley at Upgrade: Travel Better [...]
May 2nd, 2010 at 5:22 pm
This is further reason why I love Colbert! It really is a tragedy when Congress is having to get involved with airline fees. It was a tragedy when they got involved in baseball and a tragedy with this. Yes, airlines did lower prices during the economy bust, but they tried to offset it with fees, and it’s failed miserably.
May 10th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
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Funny but sadly true
May 10th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
“Gaugosphere” – Always good for a smile! As far as paying to use the bathroom, that’s how a lot of Europeans do public bathrooms, so that’s sort of a natural extension of how they do it already.