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Biden Administration Mulling Transparency in Disclosure Norms for Air Ticket Fares

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  It is quite a common issue that the air travellers complain of being charged unreasonably by the travel agencies. You can see a number complaints and negative reviews on the different social media and review collection sites wherein people have shared their bad experiences with the travel agencies and even with the airline companies. US DOT has recently moved proposal to Biden Administration which aims to strengthen consumer protection. It proposes that airlines make full disclosure of their fee information. This information would be available for customers before doing airline reservations so that they can take more informed decisions and save money. This will also stem the number of complaints which the government receives on fleecing of money. The new set of proposals will be applicable for both the US carriers and the foreign carriers. Further, the scope will be enlarged to include ticket agents and third-party sellers. The fee of baggage, cancellations, itinerary change...

Flights to Doha from USA for FIFA 2022

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  Qatar will be hosting the World Cup of Football in 2022. The Football World Cup is one of the biggest sporting events on this planet. People from all around the world, and particularly from Europe, South America and Americas, do make it a point to visit the destination and experience the thrill first-hand. This time the World Cup is being held in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Let us discuss how you can reach Doha from USA so that you can watch the event in its full glory right from the first match. There are direct international flights from USA from some of the major cities which can take you to there.   Flights from New York to Doha New York is one of the most well connected cities of US with Doha. There are 22 non-stop flights which can take you to Doha.   Qatar Airways has tie-up with American Airlines for operating these flights from John F Kennedy Airport in USA to Doha. Flights from Dallas to Doha Dallas is another city connected to Doha with about...

The Great Fall Escape to Warm Cities in USA for Less than $100 RT

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  Before the winter sets is, people love to enjoy the Fall season. Marked by the changing hues of vegetation with trees shedding thick foliage, this is a season which brings out a totally different sight of nature. Airline companies are smart and so are the travel agencies. They would want you to visit these places where this beauty of nature can be witnessed first-hand. As the temperatures fall and slowly winter sets in, the people like to visit the relatively warmer cities and particularly those where amazing sights can be captured. These warmer cities are the ones which are closer to the equator and preferably close to the ocean front. Miami is one such destination. Then, there are some other which are in the plains region but have a warmer weather during this season. Austin is a good example of this type of destination. There can be many other destinations. From the point of view of visitors, they would like to visit those cities which also offer them good value. Orlando is ...

How Passengers Avail First Class Air Tickets At A Discount?

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  Travelling First Class in an airplane is everyone’s wish. Flying in this class gives the best of everything which an airline has to offer. People who want to fly in this class also bear the highest airfares of all the cabin classes. Without doubt, the passengers flying in this class on regular basis are rich and belong to top creamy layer of the society. It is a fact that fares become insignificant at that level but still the quest for discounts on the first class air tickets does exist. This quest leads the people to make some effort in searching for the deals on various platforms. While looking for the deals and discounts on this cabin class is possible on different online resources, there is another way to travel cheap in first class. This is by of upgrading the cabin class using the frequent flyer miles. If you have been travelling on one particular airline, it is always a good idea to be its frequent flyer member. Over a period of time, you gain its points. These points ca...

TSA PreCheck for Four International Airlines

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  TSA PreCheck is a facility provided to passengers for quickly boarding the plane at the airports. Let us understand how it works. TSA PreCheck is an expedited screening program for those passengers who are considered to be of lower risk category. At present these are about 200 domestic airports in USA at which this facility is available. The passengers, who can be US citizens, US nationals or US lawful permanent residents, can apply to TSA for 5-year members of this program on payment of nominal $85 fee. For existing members, this can be renewed for $70 fee for another 5 year term. However, this renewal shall be done before 6 months of due expiry date of the membership. Okay, this is done on the part of passengers. What benefits does TSA provide? TSA provides the passengers with a ‘Known Traveler Number’ using which he can board the domestic and international flights originating from US or from Nassau or Bahamas, as also the domestic connections of the international flights , a...

Why Companies Issue Travel Coupons When They Can Offer Straight Discounts?

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  There is always a reason for anything which is in existence for long. In the world of online deals, discounts and offers, which attracts millions of online surfers to make purchases, the use of coupons has been quite ubiquitous. These are a way of offering discount to certain section of online visitors. There can be a wide variety of coupons for different types of online businesses. Travel coupons are meant to be used when travel is to be undertaken. These are offered by travel businesses and can comprise of flights coupons , hotel coupons, holidays coupons, car hiring coupons, rail coupons, cruise coupons and so on. But, why do companies use coupons to offer discounts, when flat or percent discounts can be applied straight away? Well, the difference lies in how you want to acquire customers and from where? Discounts are meant for the customers who are already visiting the website or mobile app of the company through Paid or Organic marketing channels. These are open for all ...

High Performance Levels of Online Resources Enhance Cheap Flights Bookings

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  Whenever people have to take a flight, they make searches for fares online, or might even call up some of the agencies or airlines. Here we have to understand that the search for the fare happens in most of the cases and then a decision on which ticket to buy and from where is taken. This is the most common behaviour of the prospective passengers. Now, there is a need to dissect this element of ‘searching’ for fares and flights, before going into the ‘purchase’. The searches happen on websites and mobile application and, therefore, the performance of the platform is highly significant. Most of the websites of travel agencies or the meta search engines received the flights data from global aggregators through API calls, which takes some time to appear. Those who are able to manage quick response times are able to show the searches quickly than others. This is essentially a matter of technological advancement and from where the API has been taken. If the API is taken from a resel...

Two Less Used Methods for Cheap International Flights

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  International travel is generally more expensive than domestic travel. From United States, people fly to international destinations for various reasons, most important being vacations, business, attending events and for seeking learning. For visiting these destinations, airlines are quickest means of transportation. These are not only the fastest mode of travel but are also one of the safest. Since the tickets for this out-of-the-country travel are usually expensive, there is always a hunt for deals and discounts to save money. Quite often people ignore using two of the most effective ways of landing on cheap international flights while doing searching. One is to make use of their frequent flyer status and the other is to look for the fares to the nearest airport. By being a member of the loyalty rewards program of any airline, you stand good chance of having some special privileges or deals which others will not have. If you have not subscribed to the program of any airli...