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AirPlus Gets A+ on Ancillary Fees Report

AirPlus has cracked the code on reporting airline ancillary fees.

Travel managers will find these reports extremely useful.  You’ll know with great  certainty what your travelers are buying from each airline. You’ll be able to answer important questions, such as:

• How much are we spending on Ancillary Fees (AF)?
• What are the biggest sub-categories of AF – baggage fees, onboard fees, upgrades, extra mileage, etc. (and therefore, implications for negotiations)?
• What’s the average

Continental Gets It Right, Scene 1

Continental Airlines will charge for meals this fall.  It’s about time.  And money, and choice.

Lots of travel managers and many more travelers will hate seeing this movie.

“You shouldn’t do this – it’s going to cost me more money!”  “You’re just like all the other airlines – unbundling every little thing to make more money”…I can hear the wailing all the way up here in the back seats of this movie theater.

And there, my movie-going readers, is the lesson you already know.  Customers want choices.