Archive for June, 2009
Friday, June 26th, 2009
The Soaring Cost of Car Rentals (New York Times)While the global recession has sent prices plummeting on airfares, hotels and cruises, it is having the opposite effect on rental cars.
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:24:42 GMTSouthwest starting New York flights ? and could bring lower airfares (Seattle Times)Budget carrier begins service ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Consultant: Grand Rapids can't lure low-fare airline (The Grand Rapids Press)West Michigan will have among the most expensive airfares in the country for some time.
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:14:25 GMTYapta lands $2M to track airfare and hotel prices - VentureBeatYapta lands $2M to track airfare and hotel pricesVentureBeatYapta.com, a site ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Young England: Traveling To London With A Child (Hartford Courant)The notion to bring my nephew on his first adventure abroad was easy. London is one of my favorite cities. Better yet, airfares were cheap, and the British pound had surrendered to the Yankee dollar, reaching a 23-year low.
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
AAA: Fewer travelers expected on July 4th holiday - Bizjournals.comThe Associated PressAAA: Fewer travelers expected on July 4th holidayBizjournals.com, NCWhile a decline in car trips is driving an overall decrease in holiday travel, AAA is projecting air travel will increase by nearly 5 percent. That\'s thanks to declining airfares and ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
$50 fares for stranded Jetstar passengers (Stuff)Frustrated Jetstar passengers are to be offered $50 airfares by a competitor. Air New Zealand announced today it would offer the $50 one-way fares to Jetstar customers left stranded by the airline's 30-minute check-in policy or delayed by more than two hours.
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
DialAFlight Announce All-Time Low on Airfares to Australia - PR InsideLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwire) -- 06/23/09 -- Flights to Australia are at an all-time low, according to travel firm DialAFlight. The price of a flight to Perth has fallen from around Pounds Sterling 810 to as little as Pounds ...
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
US summer airfares to Europe continue to drop - Car RentalsUS summer airfares to Europe continue to dropCar Rentals, UKOn average, airfares from Atlanta to most destinations are significantly lower this summer than they were last year, including fares to Europe, which have dropped by 30 percent, according to a ...
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Raise airfares? No, just add fees (The Columbus Dispatch)MINNEAPOLIS -- As if charging $15 to check a bag weren't enough, two airlines are asking for $5 more beginning this summer if you pay the fee at the check-in counter -- a fee on top of a fee.
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Spirit Airlines is cheap, and CEO Ben Baldanza's proud of it (USA Today)For a company as controversial as Spirit Airlines, one might expect someone as flamboyant as Virgin Atlantic Airways' Sir Richard Branson at the helm. That's not Ben Baldanza, 47, the CEO of Florida-based Spirit, which bills itself as ...
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Bail bondsman shocked at bill from police department (The Bakersfield Californian)When bail bondsman Glen Pierce asked local police to pick up a fugitive in Arkansas he didn?t expect to get a bill for $8,200. But that?s exactly what he got.
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:44:06 GMTStudentUniverse.com Announces Top Five Summer Destinations ...
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