United Airlines piles on the awesome:
Starting Oct. 6, most United fares will require a one- to three-night or weekend-night minimum stay, spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said.
The new rules, which apply to nearly every ticket, are bound to be unpopular with business travelers who prefer to catch a flight out early in the morning so they can make it back home in time for dinner.
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How long passengers have to stay under United’s new minimum-stay policy will depend on the destinations involved, the price of the ticket and the length of the flight.
For example, travelers booking the cheapest seats between Chicago and Minneapolis or Boston and San Diego will now be forced to stay three nights or the entire weekend, Urbanski said.
My boss is going to gut them like fish…
That sounds like suicide.
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
What the hell difference does it make to them whether or not someone takes two flights in one day? I should think they’d want to sell that seat!
Not that United has ever been an option for us (their baggage fees have always been prohibitive, even before these latest rounds of asshattery on the part of the airlines). But as one airline goes, so go them all eventually.
If this keeps up, we’re seriously going to have to purchase a vehicle to tour in. Either that, or scale back our touring altogether. Not Good.