Archive of entries posted on March 2009

Travel Trend: City Breaks Down, Southern Hemisphere Up

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Opodo(*) made a study of their bookings of January 2009. Comparing with the same period last year, it’s apparent that short city breaks in the eurozone are not this year’s things. The trend is that people are traveling to the southern hemisphere and that people are taking one longer holiday instead of a few short …

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Flight Canceled? A Curious Conversation Regarding Compensation

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Do you think that an airline would have a customer service staff reachable over phone? I did. But now I know better. :-) I had the most curious conversation with a Lufthansa representative at their ticket desk at the Frankfurt Airport about a canceled flight: Me: My flight from Seattle was canceled. I’d like to …

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