How To Avoid The 737 MAX It’s still not certain that aviation authorities in the US, Canada, the EU and around the world will approve the 737 MAX as airworthy – but we are getting questions already asking how to avoid this aircraft. One tip would be to only book on the airline site, not an online agent, as the… Read More
FlyersRights Assists In Passenger WIN Passengers win appeal case against Spirit Airlines’ “gotcha” carryon baggage fees. FlyersRights’ amicus brief by Andrew Appelbaum prevails: Spirit Airlines must face lawsuit over ‘gotcha’ carry-on bag fees, judge rules The plaintiffs accused the Spirit of knowing that its online travel agents hid the “gotcha” bag fees they would have to pay at the airport. Click… Read More
Change is in the Air On June 26, FlyersRights.org filed another petition with the Department of Transportation to limit change fees on international flights:… Read More
Friends Indeed From the department of we told you so, American Airlines joined the fee-raising party last week, hiking bag fees to match Delta, United, JetBlue, Air Canada and WestJet. Was anyone really surprised by the move, started by JetBlue in late August and matched by the other carriers within a month? Aren’t airlines supposed to compete against each… Read More
Let Them Eat CAAke Is economy travel just for the little people? News broke last week that American Airlines CEO Doug Parker still hasn’t sat in Economy Class on his newest and tightest aircraft, the Boeing 737MAX. Admittedly, nobody “wants” to fly economy, but shouldn’t the managers of an airline know what it’s like? Also newsworthy was that AA is… Read More