Category Archives: airfare
Sometimes it pays NOT to fly out of the Des Moines airport: (i.e. if you’re going to New Orleans or Lima)
I was despairing over the inexplicably high price of a plane ticket from Des Moines to New Orleans – where I hope to meet up with old friends from London in the fall – when I discovered, thanks to a … Continue reading
Southwest airlines flights to Chicago from Des moines starting in September!!
It’s been a long time coming but word has it (from the DM Register) that actual Southwest Airlines planes (not ones from AirTran, which Southwest bought) will fly from Des Moines to Chicago on September 30. Two flights daily to … Continue reading
Filed under airfare, chicago, Des Moines
A Costa Rica transportation tax for a Des Moines to Newark flight – HUH?
I swear, this do-it-yourself online plane-ticket reservations stuff is so confusing. Yesterday, I finally settled on taking a Des Moines to Newark flight on United in April after weighing various other options to get to NYC. (LaGuardia was more expensive; … Continue reading
Filed under airfare, new york city
An unexpected, unwanted overnight at the Dallas airport
It’s 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday and my daughter is finally home from Tucson, which she left at about 9 a.m. on Monday. First her Tucson-Dallas plane had mechanical problems which meant she missed her connecting flight in Dallas to Des … Continue reading
United Airline consumers beware: Read the small print before putting a tix on hold
It’s so irritating how the airlines take every opportunity to make a buck, in part by ill-informing customers about their rights and options. Now United Airlines appears to be trying to bamboozle customers into paying to put a ticket on … Continue reading
Filed under airfare, airline fees
United policy for putting a ticket “on hold” is kind of dicey
Yesterday, I requested a refund for a ticket within 24 hours of buying it from United. Which is the airline’s convoluted, self-serving way of adhering to the new consumer-friendly regulation that airlines must offer a 24 hold for people making … Continue reading
Filed under airfare, airline fees
Putting a tix on hold with United – not quite so easy as American
So I found a cheaper tix on United to Tucson but it’s trickier to hold that ticket. Unlike American, which mentions the “HOLD” option clearly and right up front, United makes you search through the fine print to find out … Continue reading
Filed under airfare, airline fees, Uncategorized
Put that plane ticket on hold!!!
So it really is back! Today I found an airfare that’s half-way decent to visit my dad in Arizona but I wasn’t quite sure if the dates will work. So I was able to put a ticket on 24 hour … Continue reading
Filed under airfare, airline fees
southwest airlines comes to Des Moines!!
We interrupt this blog for an exciting long-awaited announcement: Southwest Airlines is coming to Des Moines. So reports Iowa Public Radio. Not many details yet – but Southwest recently purchased Air Tran, which flies from Des Moines to a few … Continue reading
Filed under airfare, Des Moines
Very funny song about the perils of “Cheap Flights”
I don’t know where my dad finds this stuff but here is a very funny video of what appears to be a group of Irish folk singers performing a little ditty about the perils of Cheap Flights that will surely … Continue reading
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