Renting a car, while seeming to be fairly easy, can actually be a complicated process if you want to get the most for your money. Unclear small print, invisible costs, and ignorance of the deals available can make car rental more expensive that it has to be. Being a well-informed renter can provide you with [...]
While just renting a car can be a fairly simple task, getting the best price for your money and effort can be a little more tricky. Hidden costs, hard to understand small print, and well-concealed deals can leave you with less money in your pocket than you’d intended. A well-informed consumer has many options available, [...]
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The European railroads have taken a lesson on pricing from airlines, so that you find the same degree of price variability.
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The Federal Aviation Administration today ordered U.S. airlines to inspect certain Boeing 767 jets “more often than previously required to look …
Can you believe that British Airways has had an iPhone app for two years? That puts them with the first of the airlines to have one, even if it was only for iPhones and didn’t have many features; you could only check arrival and departure times and look at timetables.
But a few days ago, British Airways celebrated their two-year anniversary of being in the App store by releasing a seriously upgraded version, in addition to launching apps for Android and Blackberry. The app now includes the ability to check your BA Executive Club account, manage bookings, change flights, access airport and flight information, check out the British Airways Twitter and check in to your flight on the go. The most notable new feature however, is definitely mobile boarding passes.
Believe it or not, some people think about things other than travel. Like perhaps shopping. And thanks to JetBlue, we can have both travel and shopping mixed together without the aid of SkyMall. JetBlue has released their own online shopping mall where you can feel the JetBlue love and score some TrueBlue award points while you’re on the ground.
Pay attention to your budget closely, because your everyday purchases might get you one step closer to that freebie flight out of the cold weather this winter. Sure other airlines have had their promotional marketplace things before, but this is the first time JetBlue allows you to score points when picking up this year’s must have summer shoes at places like Nordstrom.