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A version of a scam has hit panicky travelers over and over and over and over. People searching Google for airline contact information when they have a problem occasionally find bogus customer service phone numbers listed at or near the top of Google. If you call, crooks posing as airline reps try to persuade you to pay to rebook a flight or another task. Your money goes poof. No one knows how often this scam happens. But this airline customer service misdirection is common knowledge in the… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Rossen Reports: Airline price drops after you buy ticket? Google will refund you  KETV Omaha Rossen Reports: Airline price drops after you buy ticket? Google will refund you  WLKY Louisville Google Search gets new travel features, including a ‘price guarantee’ tool for flights  TechCrunch Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Rossen Reports: Airline price drops after you buy ticket? Google will refund you  KCRA Sacramento Google Flights to start paying you if fares change after booking  SFGATE Google Now Pays You Back if It’s Wrong About the Cheapest Flights  CNET Source link

In its guidance to companies, the UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy warns the value of this multiplier is “subject to significant uncertainty”, but says “there is currently no better way of taking these effects into account”. Source link

Financial expert Jeff Macke once said of the airlines, “The more agony you’re in, the more profit they make.” It’s no secret the airlines have been “optimizing profits” for some time now, with charging for everything from checking luggage to being able to have an assigned seat. In addition to additional charges, the airlines have been trying to squeeze more people into planes, and that has meant making seat width and “pitch” — the term used for distance between passengers and… Source link

Here comes even more expensive ticket prices for spring breakers and summer travelers. “Ticket prices are strong now. Probably not really related to oil — demand is so strong, we have full planes. I think our fares are as good as they have been for us. We are talking about prices 4% or 5% higher than they were in 2019,” said Alaska Airlines CFO Shane Tackett on Yahoo Finance Live. Domestic airlines are seen increasing fares by 7% on average each month until June, according to the latest Source link

Not all airline stocks are created equal in the currently topsy-turvy market environment. Renewed volatility in the airline sector should be considered the short-term new normal as traders assess the risk from the new Omicron variant. But there are a few names in the troubled space to consider as longer term buys if one is able to stomach the near-term wild up-and-down swings. Long-time airline sector analyst Helane Becker of Cowen said in a note to clients on Tuesday she continues to have Buy… Source link

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the airline space, but the time to buy is now, argues Morgan Stanley analyst Ravi Shanker.  Shanker cites three reasons for his bullish call.  First, the sector could see positive news flow into year-end as vaccinations continue for COVID-19 and international travel restrictions are lifted. To that end, the Biden administration said recently it would lift restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers to enter the U.S. starting in… Source link

@lol.airee/TikTok A viral TikTok video shows a woman duct-taped to her chair on an American Airlines flight.  The airline said the woman tried to exit the plane midflight and attacked flight attendants. The passenger who filmed the video criticized American Airlines for how it handled the situation. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A TikTok video shows a woman duct-taped to her seat on an American Airlines flight after an incident in which the airline says she attacked flight… Source link

With Americans rushing to travel now that the end to the coronavirus pandemic is coming into view, flights are packed, ticket prices have soared, airports are bustling and tempers are flaring. Laura Ramirez is relieved to be home in New York after what she calls a “nightmarish experience” traveling by plane from Miami this past weekend. “I was supposed to get back on Sunday morning, and American Airlines at the Miami Airport is a mess,” Ramirez, a reporter at Yahoo News, said. “They… Source link