Are pax in short supply?
Apr 20, 2001 | 11:07 pm
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Are pax in short supply?
Is it just me or are prices coming down? I am also finding some interesting webspecials out there . . . Anyone care to comment?
Apr 20, 2001 | 11:11 pm
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There's an article on Frommers site today on exactly the subject you mention:
"Brother Can You Spare A Frequent Flyer Mile? The Airlines in Trouble, Responding with Sales for High Season. Latin America, Anyone?"
http://www.frommers.com/newsletters/today/article2.html
"Brother Can You Spare A Frequent Flyer Mile? The Airlines in Trouble, Responding with Sales for High Season. Latin America, Anyone?"
http://www.frommers.com/newsletters/today/article2.html
Apr 21, 2001 | 12:45 am
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Yes,
You are totally nuts--You live in Alaska!! To get a good deal out of here is very hard sometimes......I shoud know, I'm in Eagle River. I have lived here all my life. Just wanted to tell you, I have been reading your posts and I am so glad to have someone so close to home. May I email you if I have a Q?
Shara
To live here is being nutty!
You are totally nuts--You live in Alaska!! To get a good deal out of here is very hard sometimes......I shoud know, I'm in Eagle River. I have lived here all my life. Just wanted to tell you, I have been reading your posts and I am so glad to have someone so close to home. May I email you if I have a Q?
Shara
To live here is being nutty!
Apr 21, 2001 | 1:06 pm
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Originally posted by Shara:
Yes,
You are totally nuts--You live in Alaska!! To get a good deal out of here is very hard sometimes......I shoud know, I'm in Eagle River. I have lived here all my life. Just wanted to tell you, I have been reading your posts and I am so glad to have someone so close to home. May I email you if I have a Q?
Shara
To live here is being nutty!
Yes,
You are totally nuts--You live in Alaska!! To get a good deal out of here is very hard sometimes......I shoud know, I'm in Eagle River. I have lived here all my life. Just wanted to tell you, I have been reading your posts and I am so glad to have someone so close to home. May I email you if I have a Q?
Shara
To live here is being nutty!
Apr 21, 2001 | 1:07 pm
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Sure, I will be glad to answer an email or two. Send me some specific questions or city pairs that you like to travel. . .
Best regards,
-levi aka eastwest
Best regards,
-levi aka eastwest
Apr 21, 2001 | 1:07 pm
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Sure, I will be glad to answer an email or two. Send me some specific questions or city pairs that you like to travel. . .
Best regards,
-levi aka eastwest
Best regards,
-levi aka eastwest
Apr 21, 2001 | 2:17 pm
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I'm sort of curious about Alaska fare sales. As you don't have a Southwest-type carrier flying there, do you see good sales, or are these few and far in between?
Apr 21, 2001 | 6:24 pm
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The test will be the Northern Hemisphere summer months that are always more expensive than the other eight months of the year.
Many companies are downsizing, laying off, and cutting costs. There is definitely less business travelers in the air. My company as well as friends of mine across the country are traveling 20% of what they did 6 months ago for business.
Many companies are downsizing, laying off, and cutting costs. There is definitely less business travelers in the air. My company as well as friends of mine across the country are traveling 20% of what they did 6 months ago for business.
Apr 22, 2001 | 10:51 am
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Originally posted by Sydneyjb:
Anc - Phx Round Trip till 9/30 $248 + tax not bad. Plus lots of FF miles on NW airlines. Better buy while it's still there.
Anc - Phx Round Trip till 9/30 $248 + tax not bad. Plus lots of FF miles on NW airlines. Better buy while it's still there.
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Apr 22, 2001 | 10:56 am
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Originally posted by tom911:
There's an article on Frommers site today on exactly the subject you mention:
"Brother Can You Spare A Frequent Flyer Mile? The Airlines in Trouble, Responding with Sales for High Season. Latin America, Anyone?"
http://www.frommers.com/newsletters/today/article2.html
There's an article on Frommers site today on exactly the subject you mention:
"Brother Can You Spare A Frequent Flyer Mile? The Airlines in Trouble, Responding with Sales for High Season. Latin America, Anyone?"
http://www.frommers.com/newsletters/today/article2.html
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Apr 22, 2001 | 2:14 pm
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No, you are not nuts. I recently bought a roundtrip ticket on Northwest for travel during the peak summer travel season (from end of June to mid-July) from LAX to MOntreal, Canada for $291. I used my entertainment discount and got it for $252.28. I will also earn about 5,000 freqent flyer mile for this trip.
Now, that's hard to beat.
Now, that's hard to beat.
Apr 22, 2001 | 6:06 pm
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Now, that's hard to beat.
So it would seem that on ticket that cost nothing, I've get a voucher for future travel.
