| From: Sam | 7/28/2021 12:37:37 PM | | | | | | They Got Great Deals on Airfare. Then Came the Flight Changes.
Fliers who thought they’d scored cheap fares on Delta and other airlines are getting rebooked on longer, less convenient itineraries—and that’s just the start of their headaches
What’s one difference between airline tickets and lottery tickets? With lottery tickets you know when the event will occur.
Airlines’ rampant schedule changes have confused and angered fliers. Travelers who bet on reopening and bought cheap tickets earlier this year are especially vexed, with some claiming that airlines are moving them to less convenient flights and times to make room for higher-paying customers as travel surges.
Airlines deny that they’re bumping customers who got deals, though some do move low-fare passengers before higher-fare customers when their frequent schedule changes create overbooked situations.
continues at wsj.com |
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| To: Sam who wrote (1613) | 7/28/2021 3:41:20 PM | | From: Art Bechhoefer | | | | The WSJ report is in line with my own experience flying Delta from Rochester, NY to Amsterdam earlier this year. Most airlines, including Delta, cancelled flights during the pandemic, which often meant that a formerly non-stop flight often changed to one with a stopover. Delta allowed cancellation with no penalty, but the point is that the changes were for the convenience (and profit) of the airline, not for the benefit of the passenger.
Delta also demanded that anyone flying from JFK in New York to the Netherlands would not be allowed on the aircraft without a negative Covid-19 test, even though the Netherlands at the time required only proof of vaccination. Just happened that a Covid-19 test space in the Delta-owned terminal, near the gate for the flight to Amsterdam, was able to provide a rapid test for a mere $200 per person. If you didn't get the test, you wouldn't fly. Oh, and the testing place occupied a vacant store previously used by a spa that went out of business. The rental revenue from the store area goes to Delta.
Always new ways to make money.
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| To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (1614) | 7/28/2021 4:56:40 PM | | From: Sam | | | | Wow! Did Delta tell you in advance about that requirement?
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Delta also demanded that anyone flying from JFK in New York to the Netherlands would not be allowed on the aircraft without a negative Covid-19 test, even though the Netherlands at the time required only proof of vaccination. Just happened that a Covid-19 test space in the Delta-owned terminal, near the gate for the flight to Amsterdam, was able to provide a rapid test for a mere $200 per person. If you didn't get the test, you wouldn't fly. |
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| To: Sam who wrote (1615) | 7/28/2021 9:34:14 PM | | From: Art Bechhoefer | | | | "Did Delta tell you in advance about that requirement?"
No, they didn't, not before I booked, not when I checked in at the Rochester airport, and not until 30 minutes before the flight to Amsterdam started boarding at JFK.
How to make profits and lose customers.
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| From: Sam | 8/11/2021 7:00:46 AM | | | | | | Southwest Airlines says may not be profitable in third quarter
REUTERS 6:58 AM ET 8/11/2021
Symbol Last Price Change | LUV | 51.11 | 0 (0%) | | QUOTES AS OF 04:10:00 PM ET 08/10/2021 |
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co(LUV) warned on Wednesday it may not be profitable in the third quarter, as the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus hits bookings, sending its shares down 2% in premarket trading.
The airline said cancellations had increased this month due to the variant, becoming the first major U.S. airline to flag a hit from the more infectious strain.
The company forecast third-quarter operating revenue to be down 15% to 20% versus 2019, a cut of about three to four points from its prior outlook issued three weeks ago.
Southwest (LUV) said the effects of pandemic on August and September revenue trends would make it difficult for the company to be profitable in the third quarter of 2021. |
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