Two years running the NYC-based airline JetBlue has sold out of the All-You-Can-Jet passes, this year a day earlier than expected.
On Thursday JetBlue revealed that they had sold out completely of the passes which include two tiers, unlimited travel pass for $699 or a $499 pass that just excludes travel on Fridays and Sundays.
The pass is a chance for the airline to fill empty seats during what is traditionally the slowest time of the year. It’s valid for flights between Sept. 7 and Oct. 6.
The 10-year-old airline, which is based in the New York City borough of Queens, serves 61 cities with 650 daily flights.
On Monday German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed a new plan to reduce Germany’s current budget deficit by in part imposing a new air travel tax on travelers.
Speaking in Berlin today, Merkel unveiled a four-year plan to get the country out of debt, with the nation’s travelers bearing some of the brunt of the new plan.
The levy will yield 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) a year in revenue for the federal government, the government said in an e-mailed statement. It will be paid by passengers departing from German airports, with the level depending on factors such as the flight’s noise level and fuel consumption, according to the statement.
Germany’s national levy will be replaced by a Europe-wide measure once aviation is subject to European Union carbon- emissions trading, the statement said.
Well if you haven’t started flying American, you will after reading this news for sure.
American Airlines has just announced that they will be offering up 50,000 bonus AAdvantage miles for travel on selected transcontinental routes. Awesome travel news, right?!
In order to participate in this new promotion, make sure you register at http://www.aa.com/offers and use the promo code ‘TRNSN’. You must complete travel by June 30 of this year in order to take part.
Today is the last day to book Virgin America’s money-saving flights for travel through June 20.
From just $49 you can hop aboard a list of one-way destinations and have money leftover for that restaurant you’ve been wanting to try out. Be sure you book now!
Dennis Horgan over at CTWatchdog has a great idea on travel deal searching.
First, start off at Bing.com, then look at the bottom of the page for “Find great deals on airlines”, then head on over to “When to travel” and type in your destination and departure airports and then you can start the flexibility travel search.
Now, didn’t that make travel planning a bit easier?
Now that we’ve got you all booked into a nice Chicago hotel, it’s time to get you into the Windy City on a great airfare deal.
From Travelocity comes a great travel special for round-trip airfare to Chicago, starting at just $98. Be sure to gets your tickets by Friday, October 2 to take advantage of these travel prices!
Despite the new American Airlines $10 surcharge for the Sunday following Thanksgiving and for the weekend of Jan. 2-3, 2010, airlines are not allowed by federal regulations to charge holiday travel fees.
Although American announced they would be adding these $10 each way for domestic flights around Thanksgiving and New Year’s, these fees are already included in the cost of the ticket you purchase. So, don’t fret, you will not have to pay these fees on top of your baggage fees, increased air travel fees and airport fees. Whew.
But if you ask us, this is a tricky way that American Airlines has gotten around federal regulations against holiday travel fees.
Well travelers, we can’t candy-coat this, airline baggage fees are not going to get any better, they’re actually going to get worse, so buckle in.
A report released this week has shown that this year alone airlines will be earning around $4 billion from charging for checked baggage, with Delta Air Lines collecting around $7.60 per passenger, and receiving five complaints from around every 1,000 passengers.
The weekly Economist magazine had this to say, “One airline stands above all the others for collecting the most from its customers to transport luggage and in complaints that those bags have been mishandled. This year Delta Air Lines has taken around $7.60 a passenger and received over five complaints from every 1,000 passengers.”
We miss the old travel days..
Direct Air has just revealed a new sales promotion, the Family Ties Travel Sale.
For a limited time, you can purchase round-trip airfare for $149, taxes and fees included, and decide later when you’re going and who might be going with you.
You can buy up to 20 round-trip ticket vouchers that will be good for travel use between October 15, 2009, and October 31, 2010. While Direct Air is primarily a B-list airport brand, check your local airports all the same to see if you’ll be able to take advantage of this great travel deal.
Now that we’ve gotten used to and sadly accepted the various airline checked baggage fees (though Southwest is a great exception!), it looks like we’re going to have to get used to some more fees now, international flight fees. Darn it.
If you are travelling to Europe on American Airlines this fall, then we are sorry to report that for each bag of luggage you take, you will have to pay a $50 fee each way. It might just be time to start looking into the USPS, huh?
And that’s not where it’s going to end, so don’t start looking at silver linings just yet. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the ten largest US airlines collected around $566.3 million in baggage fees during 2009’s first quarter. So the airlines are finally seeing what that can make on baggage and international fees are just beginning.