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New York Times Haggles For $855 Hotel Rooms
| October 29th, 2009 No commentsThere’s an interesting piece in The New York Times about haggling for the best rates with hotel reservations desks.
The lowest rate mentioned in the article is $322 a night. I’ve never in my life paid that much for a hotel room, but that’s the Times travel section for you.
Anyway, what’s even more interesting is the reader response. To summarize the comments: why didn’t you use Priceline or Hotwire? Good question.
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US Airways Retrenches
| October 29th, 2009 No commentsUS Airways has announced major route realignments and job cuts, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The company will cut about 1,000 jobs and trim flights while focusing on its hubs at Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Phoenix. It will cut back hard on flights from Las Vegas but will continue to emphasize service to Washington’s Reagan National and a shuttle between Boston and New York’s LaGuardia.
US Airways operates 14 flights daily out of Bradley, including three flights daily to Reagan National, Philadelphia and Charlotte. Based on the news reports, its reasonable to guess that any trimming at Bradley would more likely involve the twice daily flights to Chicago’s O’Hare or the once daily flights to Pittsburgh, Rochester and Washington’s Dulles.
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