Chris Elliott just posted about ghost fares–which are a real thing. Ghost fares are when flight inventory was purchased, but the cache of the website doesn’t reflect that yet. Because of that, websites might display prices that are below the cost of what they are able to actually sell you. …
Read More »Does Everyone in the Travel Industry Lie?
Chris Elliott wrote a rather inflammatory article today stating that everyone in the travel industry “lies a little”. From the phone representatives: It would also be inaccurate to say the American Airline representative who Conley’s friend talked to told her the whole truth. See, under the Transportation Department’s 24-hour rule, she could have canceled …
Read More »Is Chris Elliott Secretly Sexist?
Or at least holding women back from jumping into the world of frequent travel? In an article last week, he uses scare tactics to warn people away from travel–calling frequent flier programs an unsustainable pyramid scam that benefits: The elite-level cardmembers perched in their first-class seats, sipping their mimosas, while …
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