freestyle55
10-06-2008, 02:24 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26997055/
The article suggests that fees will be charged for items such as selecting a seat, carry on baggage, and even using the internet to book...
I can understand the first 2 and some of the others in the article, but the using the internet to book fee? That's ridiculous...it's cheaper than using real agents to take calls about flights, and it would never work to have all your customers come to the airport to book the flight...you'd have way too many walkups to realistically know how full flights are...
It's almost to the point where I would rather drive anywhere...definitely cheaper for my family of 3...
For business trips, if the drive time is within 2 hours of the flight time, I'll drive every time...less hassles...
The article suggests that fees will be charged for items such as selecting a seat, carry on baggage, and even using the internet to book...
I can understand the first 2 and some of the others in the article, but the using the internet to book fee? That's ridiculous...it's cheaper than using real agents to take calls about flights, and it would never work to have all your customers come to the airport to book the flight...you'd have way too many walkups to realistically know how full flights are...
It's almost to the point where I would rather drive anywhere...definitely cheaper for my family of 3...
For business trips, if the drive time is within 2 hours of the flight time, I'll drive every time...less hassles...