Posted by admin on March 21st, 2011
Austin, Texas — Dozens of marketing and tech pros stampeded across Trinity, Bravos, and San Jacinto Streets here on a windy Sunday, some dodging traffic in a devil-may-care run towards free roundtrip plane tickets from Southwest Airlines. the contest participants were charged with being one of the first ten people to arrive in Loopt’s dedicated parking lot space to get the reward. Upon arrival, the sprinters huffed and puffed, as they thumbed around on their smartphones and checked into the Loopt app.
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Posted by admin on March 8th, 2011
DALLAS—Southwest Airlines co. has joined a sweeping increase of $10 in the price of many domestic round-trip airfares, citing the need to offset high fuel prices.
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Posted by admin on January 20th, 2011
Some airlines in the United States have raised their fares for the third time in a month, and analysts expect Canada’s air carriers will follow suit shortly.
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Posted by admin on January 12th, 2011
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The airlines are at it again, imposing the first fare increase of the new year and the third within a month. The increase on many domestic routes ranges from $4 to $10 per roundtrip ticket, depending on the length of the flight. Southwest Airlines, which boasts about low fares, appears to be the prime mover behind the latest price hike. After some airlines made modest increases on flights to and from cities in the Midwest last week, Southwest jumped in and raised prices across most of its routes, according to Rick Seaney, the CEO of website FareCompare.com. Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins said the increases will help offset higher fuel and operating costs. Over the weekend, the Southwest increases were matched by other major airlines including American, Delta, United, Continental, US Airways and Frontier, making the price hikes likely to stick, Seaney said. American and US Airways confirmed matching Southwest’s increase, while others did not immediately comment. The increase mostly covers the usually slow travel period in January and February, since most passengers book flights within 30 days of their trip. And it comes as the airlines are grappling with higher prices for jet fuel. The airlines have more leverage to raise prices because they’ve cut flights and grounded planes in the last couple years. Travel demand was battered during the recession but has been recovering modestly in recent months. but with airlines controlling the supply of seats, even the modest pickup in traffic has led to fuller planes — and the opening for airlines to boost prices. Southwest raised prices $2 each way on trips up to 500 miles, $3 for 501 to 1,000 miles, and $5 each way on longer flights. Seaney said he thinks the latest fare hike has more to do with the restricted supply of airline seats than with fuel prices. U.S. airlines lost billions in 2008 and 2009 but turned profitable last year and are expected to make more money in 2011. they have boosted revenue by charging more for flights on peak travel days and imposing fees for checking bags, changing flights, and other services.
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Posted by admin on January 10th, 2011
In a bid to attract more business travelers, Southwest Airlines has rolled out a revamped frequent-flyer program.
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Posted by admin on December 25th, 2010
The message appeared on the American Airlines Web site late Tuesday: "American flights no longer sold on Orbitz."
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Posted by admin on November 12th, 2010
With Southwest Airlines new travel deal, you could get tickets for as low as 30 dollars, but you must act now because the deal ends on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. if you’re seeking some cheap ways to travel, this could be a great opportunity to take a last-minute trip to a cheap travel destination.
To travel between 0-450 miles, your ticket price will be $30 for one-way. if you’re traveling 451-1000 miles, you’ll pay $60 for one-way. For 1001-1500 miles, the cost is only $90 for one-way. if you’re going farther from 1501 miles and up, the ticket price will be $120, once again for one-way only.the tickets are good for travel every day except Sundays between Dec. 1, 2010 and Dec. 15, 2010, and between Jan. 4, 2011 and Feb. 16, 2011.Southwest Airlines recently announced its acquisition of AirTran. since many airlines have consolidated these days, finding cheap prices is hard. also, some predict that prices will spike in the near future.if you’d like to buy the cheap airline tickets, go to the Southwest Airlines website right now.Some stock experts wonder if Southwest Airlines is the perfect stock. does this deal make you think differently about the airline company?
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Posted by admin on October 30th, 2010
By Arthur Frommer October 10, 2010
The news in travel is of growth. Southwest Airlines has agreed to acquire AirTran, which gives it a major presence in Atlanta; the city of Las Vegas is about to acquire a new (and totally unnecessary) 3,000-room hotel; and airfares for Thanksgiving and Christmas periods are zooming out of sight.
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Posted by admin on October 20th, 2010
More airlines are reducing or dropping first-class seating as customers increasingly shop for better deals.Business and first class travel on international flights fell 16-percent in 2009, while overall first class travel was off 11-percent in August from 2008 levels.”USA Today” reports fliers who can no longer afford business class are trading down to “premium economy,” a new cabin type that offers economy seats with more legroom.in addition, seats that lie flat are now common in many business-class cabins, further blurring the distinction between first and business class.AirTran, which is being bought by Southwest Airlines, says it will drop first-class seating once the merger is completed next year.Southwest has never had first or business-class seats on its planes.United Airlines has been revamping its long-haul aircraft since 2007 to reduce and improve first and business-class seating while installing more coach seats.the company says it’s evaluating which configurations make the most sense based on customer demand.
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Posted by admin on October 16th, 2010
DALLAS – Southwest Airlines has a tentative labor deal with its pilots’ union that will allow it to use a new Boeing plane.
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