United adopts Saturday-night stay fare rule (Winging It)

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United adopts Saturday-night stay fare rule

Here's an important story for business travelers that I wasn't able to get to last week. Read the AP story that appeared in Salt Lake's Deseret News, including comments from some of its readers. Find it here.

Posted by Tom Belden on June 25, 2008 5:01 PM | Permalink

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Jim McCloskey:

It sounds like United is going out of their way to alienate their core customer: the business traveler.

Some of the other recent changes in the industry like charges for first and second bags really didn't affect too many business flyers who make a 1-2 day trip with a carry on.

Forcing a harried business person to spend extra time on the road when there are alternate options will cause people to exercise those options.

This isn't ten years ago; we all know how to use the internet to find options. Travel agents(remember them?) use to control the only search engine for travel. Now we all have a set of keys.

Posted by Jim McCloskey | June 26, 2008 8:36 AM

Posted on June 26, 2008 08:36

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Tom Belden, a former Inquirer business writer, has written about Philadelphia International Airport, airlines, the travel industry, the conventions and meetings business for 25 years. He has traveled to all 50 states and extensively in Europe and Mexico.