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Southwest Airlines to charge ‘no show’ fee
Airfares on the rise: Southwest adds fee for no-shows The cost of air travel keeps going up, with the latest example of the trend coming from Southwest Airlines. The airline says that in 2013 it will charge fees on customers who don’t show up for flights and have failed to…
Travelers should brace for steeper airfares: Industry experts
WASHINGTON — Holidaymakers planning a getaway in the next few months should expect higher airfares, industry experts warned Tuesday, but airlines passing on higher fuel costs may be just the tip of the iceberg. Pricier flights are starting to feel like a pre-summer tradition — as common as buying sunscreen…
And The Dragon Arises From The Southwest Or Wherever It Lives
The Palin will be doing the bus tour of the America, stopping at symbolic sites along the way in order to collect easily falsifiable anecdotes for the next few months. This seems an obvious prelude either to a presidential run or a soon-to-be-canceled History Channel show, but I'm sincerely hoping…
There is no Real America
Well, now they have a suspect in custody for the attempted Times Square bombing. As he’s a naturalized citizen from Pakistan, we can expect right wing bloggers to ratchet up the nonsense. Roy Edroso detailed what is perhaps the itchiest annoying trope—the pseudo-love of New York City that’s pouring from…
Director Kevin Smith booted from flight because of Southwest’s anti-fattie policy
And he let the airline have it on Twitter: What happened? In a row played out on Twitter, Smith issued an expletive-laden series of messages aimed at the airline for ejecting him from a flight from Oakland to Burbank on Saturday because he was apparently too overweight to fit in…
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