Air Canada's Pay-Per-Screw
04-06-2008, 10:17 AM
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Air Canada's Pay-Per-Screw
This is another "nugget" from Seattle Times columnist, Ron Judd. [Sometimes he's funny, but sometimes I hate him.]
New Airline Feature: Pay-Per-Screw: Air Canada has unveiled a new "travel-assistance" program, which, for an additional $25 to $35 per ticket, promises to help travelers find other arrangements in the event of flight delays or other events "beyond the airline's control." That's right: The airline is charging you extra to do what it somehow failed to do, at a very high price, in the first place.
Seriously: It's pure, evil genius. Airlines finally have figured out a way to profit on the one thing they specialize in: gross incompetence.
Seriously: It's pure, evil genius. Airlines finally have figured out a way to profit on the one thing they specialize in: gross incompetence.
04-06-2008, 10:49 AM
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Actually, I prefer the ones that screw you for free. 
Kidding aside, in all my travels, I've only had one flight that was canceled. My traveling partner (no, it's work related) and I were coming back home and the second segment's flight canceled for maintenance issues.
Although they offered, rather than take a chance on routing though God-Knows-Where we stayed the day in Kansas City. Rented a car, drove out to the Truman Library, had lunch, took a nap in the park, went back to the airport early and tossed a few down then boarded the evening flight.
We we not in a hurry to get back to the office.
Also, the airline in question (Midwest) rebooked the rest of the pax on that flight, for free.
Kidding aside, in all my travels, I've only had one flight that was canceled. My traveling partner (no, it's work related) and I were coming back home and the second segment's flight canceled for maintenance issues.
Although they offered, rather than take a chance on routing though God-Knows-Where we stayed the day in Kansas City. Rented a car, drove out to the Truman Library, had lunch, took a nap in the park, went back to the airport early and tossed a few down then boarded the evening flight.
We we not in a hurry to get back to the office.
Also, the airline in question (Midwest) rebooked the rest of the pax on that flight, for free.
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