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Consumer Traveler Today: July 24

07-24-2010

 

Consumer Traveler Today: What is wrong with the United picture? 
 

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What is wrong with the United picture?

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 08:30 AM PDT

Just when passengers are being nickeled and dimed as if there's no tomorrow, the parent company of United Airlines announced it earned $273 million in the second quarter of 2010, making it the most profitable quarter in nearly three years.
        

The airline industry is profitable again — really profitable — and here’s one reason why

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:29 AM PDT

Chris Elliott takes a look at the airlines' big profits and find all the income comes from fees, fees and more fees — just the part of their pricing that they want to hide from the public.