Comments on: BREAKING: United to Require Minimum Stays for MOST Tickets http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:49:27 GMT http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Hillrider http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17915 Hillrider Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:27:06 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17915 Alienating your best customers: that's a recipe for success. These idiots deserve to go bankrupt again, and hopefully will be liquidated as opposed to "reorganized" at our (taxpayer's) expense. Alienating your best customers: that’s a recipe for success. These idiots deserve to go bankrupt again, and hopefully will be liquidated as opposed to “reorganized” at our (taxpayer’s) expense.

]]> By: Rick Seaney http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17837 Rick Seaney Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:07:37 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17837 Basically United raised prices on there very cheapest airfares for travel after October 5, much of this is playing some catch up with Southwest. More importantly the minimum stay bar seems to be being raised which is bad news for bargain hunters Basically United raised prices on there very cheapest airfares for travel after October 5, much of this is playing some catch up with Southwest. More importantly the minimum stay bar seems to be being raised which is bad news for bargain hunters

]]> By: Elliot Campbell http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17641 Elliot Campbell Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:31:51 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17641 Rick, did you miss the line on those linked articles about the fare raise for the least expensive tickets? My impression is that was a separate item. Or is that those fares are being raised if you don't meet the minimum stay requirements? toomanyfeesalready, you may say goodbye to UA for now, but you know just as well that either the other carriers will join UA in this initiative and then you will pay the premium no matter who you fly, or they won't and UA will back down. Fact is, everything is so unpredictable these days, you don't know which will be the next airline that will try something that will convince you never to fly them again....that is, until everyone else follow suit. Rick, did you miss the line on those linked articles about the fare raise for the least expensive tickets? My impression is that was a separate item. Or is that those fares are being raised if you don’t meet the minimum stay requirements?

toomanyfeesalready, you may say goodbye to UA for now, but you know just as well that either the other carriers will join UA in this initiative and then you will pay the premium no matter who you fly, or they won’t and UA will back down.

Fact is, everything is so unpredictable these days, you don’t know which will be the next airline that will try something that will convince you never to fly them again….that is, until everyone else follow suit.

]]> By: Ron Boyd http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17639 Ron Boyd Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:02:00 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17639 I have never completely understood the reasoning behind this policy. Could you explain in simple terms how longer stays "help combat the high price of jet fuel"? I have never completely understood the reasoning behind this policy. Could you explain in simple terms how longer stays “help combat the high price of jet fuel”?

]]> By: toomanyfeesalready http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17625 toomanyfeesalready Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:41:37 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/06/21/breaking-united-to-require-minimum-stays-for-most-tickets/#comment-17625 so - United forces business travelers to buy more expensive tickets and thereby make more money - and - maybe they also have a deal with hotels to get a cut of the room charge for those who end up staying overnight? How about a cut from the meals purchased by those staying longer? And for renting a car for more than a day, etc - the opportunities to make deals with hotels, car rental agencies, etc are just endless. The sooner United goes bankrupt the better - good bye United Airlines. so - United forces business travelers to buy more expensive tickets and thereby make more money - and - maybe they also have a deal with hotels to get a cut of the room charge for those who end up staying overnight? How about a cut from the meals purchased by those staying longer? And for renting a car for more than a day, etc - the opportunities to make deals with hotels, car rental agencies, etc are just endless. The sooner United goes bankrupt the better - good bye United Airlines.

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