Now You’re Flying
Posted on | April 17, 2008 |
With airplane bankruptcies, mergers and cancellations due to wiring regulations, who knows what the busy summer travel season will bring.
Here are a few top tips from bloggers and top travel columnists:
1. Know your rights in terms of delays and cancellations. “For example, you may have the right to a meal voucher if your flight is delayed more than four hours. If you miss a connection because of a flight delay, you may also have the right to be booked on the next available flight,” says Gerri Willis, CNN. “This can be found in the airlines’ contract of carriage. To find that info, go to the airline’s web site. It’s a good idea to print it out and take it with you.” Read Gerri’s other tips here.
2. Save money by nixing curbside services. “American Airlines, United Airlines, Northwest Airlines and US Airways, for example, have already instituted a $2 per bag fee (tip not included) for curbside bag check-in service,” says Harriet Baskas in her article for MSNBC.
3. How to get a hotel room upgrade: Pay a higher rate. “The higher your rate, the better your chances of being extended special favours,” says Daniel Edward Craig, Vice President of Opus Hotels and blogger. Read more of his hotel tips here.
4. Want more? Last summer we spoke with Scott McCartney, the columnist for Wall Street Journal’s The Middle Seat. Read what he had to say…Â
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