Sentences with phrase «more than the airline»

Using personal miles to pay for flights, demonstrating that employees value Rocketrip Rewards more than their airline miles

If the cost of your airline ticket is more than your Airline Travel Reward, you can pay the difference with your USAA Rewards ™ credit card or any other method of payment accepted.

Few areas of travel regulation seem to divide the industry more than airline policies, and this year, the open skies debate was the most divisive issue of all.

Because the value of hotel points varies more than airline miles do, it's really important to have a sense of how valuable the hotel points are (more on that below)

Don't be fooled by the «look how much more space we're offering» hype — it's easy to offer marginally more than the airlines with the least comfortable cabins.

In this case, never buy a one - way plane ticket that costs more than the airline's cancellation / change fee.

The cellphone companies don't really know how much it costs to handle a call to Aunt Suzy in Syracuse, any more than an airline can calculate a specific cost for Seat 12B.

Not exact matches

American Airlines said it spent $ 412 million more on fuel in the recent first quarter than in the year - ago period.

Airlines are warring over wealthy travelers, spending millions on plush first - class cabins that look more like flying hotel rooms than seats on a commercial airliner.

The Gulf airline is the biggest A380 customer as its schedules offer more long - haul trips than its rivals.

After months of speculation Qantas has confirmed it has taken over regional airline Network Aviation to move into the fly - in - fly - out air charter market in a deal believed to be valued at more than $ 30 million.

SkyWest's airline companies provide commercial air service in cities throughout North America with nearly 3,000 daily flights carrying more than 50 million passengers annually.

Delta largely won the online conversation by adopting a more relatable, less corporate tone than airlines often take when placed at the center of the controversy, Geller said.

The government appears to have backed away from rumoured new regulations for the airline industry and, rather than regulating credit card fees, will instead compel more transparency.

ALPA, which represents more than 60,000 pilots at 34 airlines in the United States and Canada, said it aimed to avoid a possible May 19 strike, but...

Hotel and vacation rentals are higher - margin businesses than selling flights, as airline commissions have shriveled and carriers try to drive more traffic to their own websites, where they also offer co-branded credit cards and vacation packages.

Few issues get travelers more worked up than the debate over how airlines should handle children.

It's worth more than American Airlines, Delta, and United Continental combined.

Shares in Skywest Airlines have plunged more than 10 per cent today after the company's executive chairman announced the airline has halved its 2011 half - year profit outlook to $ 2.9 million.

U.S. airlines took in more than $ 4 billion from checked - baggage fees last year, for example.

Airlines have canceled more than 700 Boston flights scheduled for Tuesday ahead of another strong winter storm.

An airline rout shaved more than $ 700 million off a bet on the sector by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

Around the turn of the millennium, Fernandes was sitting in a London bar, when he saw entrepreneur Stelios Haji - Ioannou, who is famous for creating easyJet, a low - cost airline which now flies more than 75 million passengers annually, across 31 countries.

Duong Tri Thanh said his airline benefited from a diaspora of 2 million Vietnamese living in the United States, but most of the traffic was more likely to be driven by price rather than the convenience of saving a few hours of travel time.

United Airlines» plan to grow aggressively over the next several years was aimed at getting investors even more jazzed about its stock, which was already rallying more than its peers» this year.

American Airlines rerouted three flights out of more than 6,000 a day amid tensions between the U.S. and Russia.

Singapore Airlines has a reputation for quality and a substantial amount of business travel to and from the city - state, improving its ability to configure aircraft with a high number of premium seats and charge more than one - stop competitors, according to analysts.

Thanh said his airline benefited from a diaspora of 2 million Vietnamese living in the United States, but most of the traffic was more likely to be driven by price rather than the convenience of saving a few hours of travel time.

Competitors Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have also said that they are paying significantly more for fuel this year than last.

On the eve of the first anniversary of United Airlines» man - dragged - from - plane incident, more than 15,500 American Airlines said they are on a mission to humanize air travel, the Chicago Business Journal reports.

And last year, says Greg Hounslow, the airline's manager of emerging media, «we realized we could create something that felt more like a movement than a moment.»

Winkelmann said the pilot, whom he did not name, had more than 10 years» experience working for Germanwings and its parent airline Lufthansa.

Southwest Airlines ($ 2.3 billion in revenues, 15,833 employees nationwide, headquartered in Dallas) shares more information than most big companies: chairman Herb Kelleher's quarterly letters to employees describe the big picture, and weekly updates give detailed reports on costs.

The company came into the travel market at a time when major airlines were dedicated to nothing more than staying in business, which resulted in cramped, no - frills travel for consumers.

At the 40th celebration of Virgin Records, the 63 - year - old who has helped shape the music, space and airline industries, recalled crying when he sold the record label more than 20 years ago for $ 1 billion.

It's an essential part of any entrepreneur's brand identity, and for an airline (Alaska) dogged for its folksy image, the hip image may be far more valuable than gate rights or personnel savings.

The crisis was exacerbated by the poaching of crew by other airlines, forcing the Dublin - based carrier to cancel more than 20,000 flights and propose a new pay deal in order to maintain other services.

A look at this list as a whole reveals something altogether more interesting than who had the greatest number of grumpy customers: of the worst 20 companies in the index, seven were telecommunications companies, five were airlines, and four were public utilities.

Southwest Airlines» quarterly revenue missed analysts» estimates, hurt by a computer outage in July, and the company forecast a key profitability measure for the fourth quarter to decline more than what some analysts had expected.

With the possible exception of the airlines, the recent downturn in corporate travel has affected no business more than the lodging industry.

In the video, which surpassed 15 million views on Thursday, the airline hatches an elaborate holiday surprise for more than 250 travellers heading to Calgary on flights from Toronto and Hamilton.

Indeed, airlines» average price - to -2017-earnings ratio remains more than 40 % below the S&P 500 average of 18, a sign of investors» lack of faith.

-- Jay Jamison, SVP of strategy and product management at Quick Base, maker of a no - code tool that enables workers to build apps without needing to know how to write a single line of code and that is used by more than half of Fortune 100 companies including Google, Kayak, and Southwest Airlines

If the airline can get you there in no more than an hour of when your original flight would have arrived, you are entitled to no compensation.

As the Department of Transportation (DOT) says, «Almost any planeload of airline passengers includes some people with urgent travel needs and others who may be more concerned about the cost of their tickets than about getting to their destination on time.

The sum is going to Boom Supersonic, Japan Airlines said Tuesday, in hopes that the Denver - based upstart will successfully develop a plane that could cut flight times in half with cruising speeds of Mach 2.2 — more than 1,450 miles an hour.

This satellite has already become a prime satellite for the North American aeronautical market, with GoGo transferring more than 200 aircraft to the satellite within the first month of service launch and Global Eagle Entertainment taking significant incremental capacity to serve its airline customers.

The airline's reputation has helped it expand significantly over the past decade, and a big part of that is how it values the more than 700 employees in its four call centres.

Joon's cabin crew wear more relaxed, modern uniforms than traditional airlines, and can even opt to wear trainers.

Airlines also need to ensure that their expensive planes — new Boeing 737s cost more than $ 100 million — are in other cities, out of harm's way.