Want to fly cheap? Get ready for rules
September 6, 2008 – 6:46 am
Middle Seat: Airlines Revive Minimum Stays on Cheap FaresCheap Fares Mean Minimum Stay
Get ready for a wave of annoying airline rules requiring you to stay at your destination a minimum number of days or over a Saturday night — if you want the cheapest tickets. The move is an effort to force business travelers, who usually need the most flexibility and want to be home on the weekends, to pay more for their flights.
By Scott McCartney, The Wall Street Journal
Airlines have increased restrictions on cheap fares by raising overnight requirements, upping what had commonly been only a one-night stay requirement to two and three nights. The overnights can be weeknights, so those tickets aren’t as onerous as Saturday-night stay tickets. But the three-night requirement does limit the utility of discounted fares for road warriors….(read more)
