I generally agree with these replies, I don't think it is about the airlines losing money when you don't show, it's about them increasing revenue. They are basically forcing you to pay more for flexibility. In my opinion this is entirely fair. In 1999-2001 when everything was rosy and many companies were not paying attention to travel costs this was not a problem for airlines. But when the economy tanked everybody started buying discount tickets and expecting the same level of service, flexibility, food and frequency of flights because they are an elite flier. Well, if everybody flies on $300 tickets fifty times a year everybody will be elite but the airlines are still going to hemorrhage money.


[This message has been edited by BigKing (edited 09-13-2002).]