Summer Airfare Deals Amid Skyrocketing Fuel Cost? Maybe!

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13/05/2008 - Summer Airfare Deals Amid Skyrocketing Fuel Cost? Maybe!

In the last few months the price of Type A Jet Fuel, much like the cost of the fuel for your car, has sky rocketed. In the wake of these escalating fuel costs we have also witnessed the collapse of multiple airlines and watched the airline industry raise it's airfares industry wide nearly a dozen times this year.

Despite the fact that most airlines have been flying at record capacity due to the reduction of certain routes, the swapping of larger aircraft to smaller aircraft and the consolidation of routes, the backlash against the increasing airfares is now beginning to affect seat sales. As airfares continue to rise, pleasure travelers are shifting their travel plans and business travelers that are the bread-and-butter of airlines are curtailing their travel.

What does this all mean? How is this good for you?

Well, it means that some airlines are starting to ramp up the summer fare sales. In the past few days United Airlines appears to have increased the number of it's 'e-fares' for this week; Delta Airlines has started to push it's 'summer fares'; Air France is offering some great 'last minute' fare specials from the East Coast of the United States to Europe; BMI has some very attractive fares from London Heathrow to the Middle East and Manchester to Las Vegas; JetBlue has lowered some of it’s last minute fares and is offering a “$50 off future travel” promo.

With U.S. 'legacy airlines' seeking to fill their domestic capacity, while simultaneously scaling back their domestic capacity to compete with domestic 'low cost carriers' (LCC) the fare war should heat up this summer to the benefit of the flying publics wallet............at least it's starting to look that way.

Happy Flying!

2/05/2008 - Weekly Roundup: Foreign Currency Exchange Tips; London Heathrow Isn't That Bad; Resources For Traveling Photogs

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2/05/2008 - Weekly Roundup: Foreign Currency Exchange Tips; London Heathrow Isn't That Bad; Resources For Traveling Photogs

This week's weekly round up is being written from the Air France Arrivals Lounge at Paris's Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), in Terminal 2C. I always love the way each terminal at CDG is named, there is a Terminal 1 and a Terminal 3, however there are also Terminals 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F. Each is it's own free standing terminal.....yet they are all numbered "2." I love checking in for a flight online and at times it will simply say "Terminal 2" which narrows it down to six potential terminals. Easy, eh?

Enough about CDG and onto the week in review. This week was a light week, but here goes the quick recap.

For those of you traveling internationally, you can learn how to maximize your currency exchange in this past Monday's post : 28/04/2008 - Foreign Currency Exchange : Get The Most Value For Your Money

At the start of the week an American Airline's European customer service chief, Don Langford, stated that London Heathrow (LHR) is the worst airport in Europe, and referred to this popular international hub as a 'bit of a dump.' While I agree with some of what Mr. Langford is saying, I also respectfully disagree and actually enjoy LHR. You can read my comments on Mr. Langford's statement here: 29/04/2008 - London Heathrow Branded As "Worst Airport In Europe," I Think Not!

Finally I rounded out the light week with some information that can help a photographer on the road. In fact most of the information in Thursday's entry on Flying With Fish will help any traveler on he road, not just the photographers. You can see some of my most used resources in this entry: 1/05/2008 - Resources For The Traveling Photographer : Some Quick Links

I am off to shoot an assignment in the City of Lights for the next three days.

Happy Flying!