United Airlines To Require a Minimum 1-3 Night Stay At Your Destination for Round Trip Tickets

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:50 AM EDT

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United Airlines said Friday it will start requiring minimum stays for nearly all domestic flights beginning in October. It is also raising its cheapest fares by as much as US$90 one-way.

The second-largest U.S. carrier said the moves are among a number of changes it is making to combat record high fuel prices. The Chicago-based airline has been among the most aggressive in the industry in pushing fares and fuel surcharges higher in recent months, and its latest policy could prompt other carriers to consider following suit.

Starting Oct. 6, most United fares will require a one-to three-night or weekend-night minimum stay, spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said.

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Rascal 2.0

Can someone please explain to me how this will help them combat fuel prices? I understand how raising the fares makes sense, but fail to see how extending the stays does.

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#1 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:59 AM EDT

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Killfile

That's a little messed up. Consumers should be able to compete with business travelers for cheap seats and if they can't then that's a market niche to be filled.

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#2 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:59 AM EDT

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AdipicAcid

Actually, this helps the consumer. Very rarely is a vacationer looking to travel to and from a destination on the same day. By placing this restriction in place, the airlines do in fact ensure that some of the lowest price seats will be available for ordinary folks as opposed to business travelers.

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#2.1 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:40 AM EDT

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Rascal 2.0

You're err is marking the business people as mutually exclusive from everyone else. What this really lets the airline to do is sell 1-way tickets for a round trip if its less than 3 days which they a business pay because of the urgency of time. Airplane travel is used because of its expedience.

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#2.2 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:39 PM EDT

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