Sentences with phrase «other than an airline»

Even less if you're redeeming for any travel - related purchases other than airlines (like hotels or cruises).

However, if you receive miles from any source other than the airline, then some company along the way has paid this tax.

Not exact matches

In 2011, the global airline industry is estimated to have generated $ 32.5 billion in revenue from sources other than airfare — a 43.8 % jump over the year before.

Zhang: Some would argue that airlines from other parts of the world play a different role in their national economies than US carriers.

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.

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.

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.

While the pet - transportation unit is small, United Airlines ships more animals than any other U.S. carrier.

The global airline industry makes billions from sources other than airfare.

Other amenities in the suite include seats that are wider than the average of 21 inches on existing Delta One classes (for competitive reasons, the airline did not release the specific width); roomy stowage compartments for shoes, headphones, and laptops; two consoles so passengers can comfortably spread out their drinks, reading materials, and laptops; and an 18 - inch - high resolution entertainment monitor, the largest among United States - based carriers, according to the airline, and bigger than the 11 - to 15 - inch monitors in Delta One classes.

Last year, a string of strong hurricanes that hit airlines» hubs cost airlines hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, but clearing runways from a snowstorm is a much faster process than recovering from the floods, power outages, structural damage to airports and other infrastructure damage that 2017's storms caused.

«We proudly carry more passengers to and from California airports than any other airline and continue to invest in the Golden State by adding new short, medium, and long - haul service this year from all nine of our California airports,» Andrew Watterson, Southwest Airlines senior vice president of network and revenue management, said in a statement.

The annual relationships index found Canadians» relationship with grocers is stronger than with brands in any other category surveyed since 2016, including banks and airlines.

Airlines often pay a distribution fee and commissions for fares that are listed on websites other than their own.

As Hawaiian increases service (and other airlines, like Southwest, enter the market) stiff competition will make flights to Hawaii cheaper than ever.

How, then, could the airline industry have fared worse than most other industries?

United Continental gained 4.8 per cent and lifted other airline stocks after reporting a better - than - expected quarterly profit.

In the first six months of 2017, North American airlines as a whole delivered higher profits than any other region.

We believe our operations, as they are focused on Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO), are more susceptible to seasonality than some of the other domestic airlines because our discretionary customers in California may be less likely to fly to other regions of the United States during the colder seasons.

Merging the two carriers would reportedly give them more than half the local market, which is also shared with China Airlines, China Southern Airlines and other regional carriers.

Since you can control large amounts of a commodity with a relatively small amount of money on margin, you can leverage your portfolio to take advantage of price swings in the commodity without having to actually take delivery of thousands of gallons of gasoline — something that is impractical for everyone other than institutions (such as refiners, airlines, transportation fleets, gasoline retailers, etc.).

AirAsia X, its long - haul arm, is the only other airline other than Malaysia Airlines to have direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Australia — a flight to Sydney in September costs as little as $ 126, compared with $ 580 on Malaysia Airlines.

Even as other corporate functions — logistics, sales - force management — were being given the «moneyball» treatment in the early 2000s with powerful predictive software (and even as airlines had fully weaponized airfares), retail pricing remained more art than science.

Southwest bumped off about 15,000 passengers from its flights last year, more than any other airline in the United States.

For Domestic Carriage Liability for loss, delay or damage to checked baggage, or any baggage or personal item which is taken into custody by Cape Air, is limited to the fair market value at the time of the loss, damage or delay and will not exceed (except for wheelchair and other assistive devices)(1) for on - line travel solely on Cape Air with no connecting service, $ 500 per passenger; (2) for interline travel where the Cape Air flight segment is included on the same ticket as a connecting flight segment of another airline with an aircraft of more than 60 seats, $ 3400 per passenger ($ 3500 per passenger effective August 25, 2015) as per federal rules; and (3) for interline travel where the Cape Air flight segment is included on the same ticket as a connecting flight segment of another airline with an aircraft of 60 seats or less, $ 500 per passenger.

The J.D. Power 2017 North America Airline Satisfaction Study found that passengers are more satisfied with their service than at any other time in the study's 10 - year history.

It is the busiest single - runway airport in the world, supporting around 70 airlines flying to over 200 destinations (more than any other UK airport) in 90 countries.

Presently, in current dollars, that fuel would cost airlines US$ 5.31 per gallon, which is less than bio-jet fuel produced from algae or other oil crops such as soybeans, canola or palm oil.

«We estimate that this biofuel would cost the airline industry $ 5.31 / gallon, which is less than most of the reported prices of renewable jet fuel produced from other oil crops or algae,» said Deepak Kumar, a postdoctoral researcher at Illinois, who led the analysis.

In the US, more airline passengers die in accidents of this type than in any other.

Dutch airline KLM has completed a fifth jet biofuel test flight — and the first with passengers other than flight crew.

Delays tend to hit some airlines harder than others, due to the approach the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uses to resolve them.

Like the airline pilots, they developed habits of challenging each other, which made their work together better than it ever could have been individually.

Head of Charter Schools ResignsSouthwest Learning Center and SAMS Academy CEO resigns over allegations that more than $ 1 million in airline charters among other problems.

Oversales data from these airlines will be available in the May 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report, as oversales data, unlike other air carrier data, are reported quarterly rather than monthly.

In addition, this notice addresses the general question of whether carriers may require health documentation for carriage of service animals on flights from the U.S. into countries other than the U.K.. On February 26, 2007, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Aviation Enforcement Office issued a guidance document to assist carriers and passengers with disabilities in complying with both U.S. and U.K. regulations concerning the transport of service animals on flights from the U.S. to the U.K. by: 1) explaining the procedures passengers must follow to comply with the U.K.'s Pet Travel Scheme (PETS); 2) explaining the procedures U.S. and foreign carriers must follow to obtain an approved Required Method of Operation (RMOP) from the U.K.'s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); and 3) notifying both U.S. and U.K. carriers operating flights between the U.S. and the U.K. that failure to obtain an approved RMOP from DEFRA will be considered a violation of the ACAA by the Department's Aviation Enforcement Office and may subject such carriers to enforcement action.1 The purpose of this notice is to respond to inquiries from airlines and the traveling public since issuance of the February notice regarding foreign requirements for health 1 72

Also, if the city where you live or the city where you are going is an airline «hub,» fares may be higher than for flights to or from other nearby cities because of reduced competition.

In October, the Department received seven complaints alleging discrimination by airlines due to factors other than disability — such as race, religion, national origin or sex — down from the total of 15 recorded in October 2011, but equal to the seven recorded in September 2012.

In November, the Department received nine complaints alleging discrimination by airlines due to factors other than disability — such as race, religion, national origin or sex — down from both the total of 11 filed in November 2010, and the 15 discrimination complaints received in October 2011.

They may be checked only to one of your intermediate stops rather than your final destination if you must clear Customs short of your final destination, or you are taking a connecting flight involving two airlines which don't have an interline agreement (e.g., Southwest Airlines does not transfer bags to other caairlines which don't have an interline agreement (e.g., Southwest Airlines does not transfer bags to other caAirlines does not transfer bags to other carriers).

In May, the Department received 10 complaints alleging discrimination by airlines due to factors other than disability — such as race, religion, national origin or sex — equal to the total of 10 recorded in both May 2010 and April 2011.

In June, the Department received 10 complaints alleging discrimination by airlines due to factors other than disability — such as race, religion, national origin or sex — down from the total of 12 recorded in June 2011, but up from the total of five recorded in May 2012.

In April, the Department received 10 complaints alleging discrimination by airlines due to factors other than disability — such as race, religion, national origin or sex — down from the total of 13 recorded in April 2010, and equal to the total of 10 recorded in March 2011.

I also agree that CF wheels are not the way to go but as far as trim and body panels, the material works EXCELLENT and is used by many different automakers and airline producers (Boeing 787), other than Ferrari (are we talking about normal cars that need to shed weight for mileage or Million $ supercars???).

Instead, its magazines will now be available in more than 12,000 libraries around the world thanks to the deal with ND; SPH magazines will also end up in countless other hotels, offices, cruise ships, and airlines due to its tie - up with ND.

Winner of national and local awards for coverage of one of the nation's deadliest airline disasters, more than 2,000 bylines as a staff reporter and freelancer for the L.A. Times, San Diego Union - Tribune, Sport Magazine, Elysian Fields Quarterly, San Diego Magazine, San Diego Tribune, Associated Press, and others.

Other cards, like the Discover it ® Miles and the Barclays Arrival Plus ® World Elite Mastercard ®, award users what they call «miles» but are functionally more like points — that is, they can be redeemed for more things than simply flights with that airline.

Note, that this card has three APR tiers, and the highest one (25.74 %) is much higher than APR of most of other airline credit cards.

Redeeming Southwest points for the highest value is a little tougher than with some other airlines.

Compared to other airlines, you won't get as much value for a point (likely less than $ 0.02 per point).