More on the High Costs of Airline Travel

Posted by: Sally S. | Apr 25,2008

Earlier this week we talked about the high cost of airline travel fees. The list doesn’t end with pets and food. In fact, airline travel costs have increased for just about everything you can imagine, as airlines look for additional revenue streams to avoid bankruptcy and to stay in business.

 

If you like to make airline reservations by phone, you may want to reconsider this method of booking trips to save money on travel. Most airlines will charge a fee for calling in reservations over the phone. It’s a Pavlovian method used by many call centers to get us off of the phones; make calling customer service less convenient and more expensive, and maybe we’ll start taking advantage of the Web instead. USAirways charges a whopping $35 for phone reservations. You can save money on travel- and time- when you book online.

 

Another easy way to save money on travel is to use an airline credit card or a rewards credit card to make airline reservations. You can get double miles just for using the card to book your trip, which can help mitigate airline fees. You can compare airline credit cards and rewards credit cards online before you choose to make sure that you get the right card for you.

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