American announced it’s latest regressive fees today, and most of the international upgrade co-pays aren’t terribly surprisingly, but the ball-buster is that it now costs 30,000 miles PLUS $100 to upgrade.
Feh. What’s the point of “free” “mile-based” awards if you need to pay a bucket of cash to get the award as well?
I’ve been using MyChauffer for over a decade now as the car service I use to get to/from ORD. Back in March they announced that they would be instituting a $2.50 phone booking fee for anyone making a reservation over the phone. While this really didn’t affect me, as I am a religious devotee of [...]
Ok, let’s take a look at the receipt:
The rental fee was $168 for 3 days…fair enough. And I get the taxes (granted, the airport and the state of Kentucky are bleeding renters, but it’s not like Avis has a choice on charging me this), but what I don’t get are the $5.48/day fee and the [...]
My god…AA really is racing to the bottom with their lovely new $15 to check your FIRST (!) bag fee.
And lord knows, what we really need is more people bringing even more overly stuffed carry-ons into overly cramped overhead bins.
I give this about a week before they realize what a total cock-up this’ll be and [...]