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U.S. Airways Increases Bag Fees

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

At U.S. Airways customers will be paying more to check their bags. For domestic flights the bag fees rise in October 2009. The first bag charges go from $15 to $20 for an online check-in. The fee is $25 (from $20) if that first bag was checked directly at the airport.

Charges for second bags will also increase by the same amount - $5 for both online check-ins and direct check-ins at the airport. International flights will see an increase in their bag fees as well.

U.S. Airways stated in a press release on Wednesday it is rising their bag fees to match competitors such as American Airlines.

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Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2009/08/24/daily75.html

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Southwest Air Pleases Customers with WiFi Service

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Customers flying Southwest Airlines will be pleased to know they can enjoy Wi-Fi services fleetwide on the airline. The Row 44 Satellite service will begin in the first quarter of 2010, starting a steep competition between Southwest’s Row 44 and Aircell’s Gogo Inflight Internet Wi-Fi Services.

Southwest apparently has tested Row 44 service on four aircraft since February 2009 and has received great customer feedback. While Southwest is at a Wi-Fi competitive disadvantage until it catches up with several major airlines that do have the Gogo service, they are confident about Row 44.

Row 44 has been tested to use not only laptops but iPhones and other Wi-Fi enabled devices such as smartphones. This service is a great convenience not only for the busy business traveler but for the techy family traveler on-the-go.

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Source: http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/wifiwimax/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219401041

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Pets Only Airline a Success – Making Travel Easier for Pet Lovers

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Do you remember a few weeks ago we mentioned to you that PetAirways was launching, with inaugural flights in large hub cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles? Pet owners have responded enthusiastically to the “paws only” airline, and flights for the next two months are sold out! PetAirways has plans to extend their city offerings to about twenty more cities within the next few years.

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AirportParkingReservations.com wishes you a great vacation – whether you are traveling the “friendly skies” or the “pets only” skies!

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Millimeter Waves Can Detect Explosives Before You’re Screened

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Did you know that the TSA is on Twitter? And that they have their own TSA blog?  I guess everyone does nowadays.  Today I caught a tweet about a new level of security being tested out at Boston’s Logan airport where last week I flew in and out of en route to Houston.

“Since April 21, the TSA has been testing two tripod-mounted highly mobile passive MMW units that use milimeter waves to scope out possible threats to passengers.  It’s similar to the scans  that you walk through when the officer says to, but those  machines bounce waves off your body to generate a metallic image.  Passive MMW recieves energy generated by people and any objects they might be carrying. The machines look for anomalies, which usually are signs of trouble.

To make the traveling public feel a little better, signs will be posted explaining what the devices mounted menacingly on tripods will do, and emphasize that they are designed to detect possible explosives including IEDs, concealed on a person.

The main idea here is to keep the public safer by survelliance in ‘non sterile’ areas, such as the approach to the screening area, using a tripod mounted device like this shoots the rays out instead of waiting for people to cross through the machines.

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Airport Amenities We’ve Never Heard Of…But Like

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

I can dream, can’t I?

Harriet Baskas writes on MSNBC today about some amenities and perks that travelers would love to pay for, compared with fees imposed on baggage that we resent.

In Minneapolis-St. Paul airport a new program requires retailers and restaurants to adhere to ‘Street pricing,’ in other words, charge the same as businesses located in the city would charge.This would eliminate the dreaded $4 water and $8.95 turkey sandwiches. This amenity doesn’t cost passengers anything, but might limit the interest in opening up kiosks and stores in terminals.

Another idea being thrown about is a small fee to have a restroom attendant watch your bags while you go…so you don’t have to wheel them into the stall with you.  I like the idea of having a bunch of different types of stores like Target, CVS and used bookstores in terminals. Hey why not?

I think airports would make a lot of money if they had a little area that you had to pay to park in for those people who want to go inside the airport when they are waiting to pick up a passenger. Hey, wouldn’t you gladly flip somebody a fiver if you didn’t have to worry about that state cop giving you a big ticket for leaving your vehicle?

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