[Travelandtourism] Make Sure You Get Fair Treatment Thanks to the Department of Transportation’s New Air Travel Rules

Wed Aug 24 17:42:07 UTC 2011

Hai, are you a travel professional, just asking both my self and Vice 
President Maurice Shackelford are both travel agents.

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Cheryl Echevarria
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Baldwin, NY. www.superiortravel.com

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hai Nguyen Ly" <gymnastdave at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB Travel and Tourism Division List" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Make Sure You Get Fair Treatment Thanks to 
the Department of Transportation’s New Air Travel Rules

Good afternoon cheryl,
What is the call-in number  for the meeting? I'll do my best to attend.

On Aug 24, 2011, at 12:43 PM, cheryl echevarria wrote:

> Thank you for posting this
>
> HAI NGUYEN LY - I hope you will participate in our 1st Board Meeting 
> tonight
> at 7pm Eastern.
>
>
> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> http://www.echevarriatravel.com
> 631-456-5394
> reservations at echevarriatravel.com
>
> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Superior Travel, located in
> Baldwin, NY. www.superiortravel.com
>
> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise & Travel, 
> Inc.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hai Nguyen Ly" <gymnastdave at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFB Travel and Tourism Division List" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:28 PM
> Subject: [Travelandtourism] Make Sure You Get Fair Treatment Thanks to the
> Department of Transportation’s New Air Travel Rules
>
>
>
> http://lifehacker.com/5833809/make-sure-you-get-fair-treatment-thanks-to-the-department-of-transportations-new-air-travel-rules
>
> Make Sure You Get Fair Treatment Thanks to the Department of 
> Transportation’s
> New Air Travel Rules
>
> Thanks to some new rules issued by the US Department of Transportation, 
> you
> shouldn't have to wait in a hot, uncomfortable plane on the tarmac 
> anymore,
> you should be reimbursed a tidy sum if you're bumped from a flight, and
> airline fees should be prominently displayed. Here's a look at the new 
> rules
> and how they affect you.
> The DOT's new guidelines force airlines to, as of tomorrow, reimburse
> passengers who are bumped from their flight twice the price of the 
> purchased
> ticket (up to $650) unless they make other arrangements to get the 
> passenger
> to their final destination within a couple of hours of the original 
> arrival
> time. The longer the delay, the bigger the reimbursement: if the arrival
> time is delayed too long, passengers can claim up to four times the value 
> of
> a ticket, up to $1300 (compared to $800 today.)
>
> The rules also require airlines to prominently display all baggage,
> handling, cancellation, and amenity (food, pillows, etc) charges on their
> websites so no one is theoretically surprised when they get to the 
> terminal
> or on their flight.
>
> Perhaps most notable for people who have been trapped in a stuffy plane
> sitting on the tarmac for hours are the new DOT fines for airlines that 
> let
> passengers sit for more than four hours: the government can fine the
> airlines up to $27,500 per passenger for the delay. You won't see any of
> that money, but you bet the airlines won't want to pay it out. Instead
> they'll leave on time or cancel a flight, in which case they have to 
> arrange
> for your next one.
>
> These are just the rules that go into effect this week. Airlines managed 
> to
> delay an additional set of measures until January 2012 that hopefully, 
> when
> combined with these changes, will make air travel a little less stressful.
> Photo by Christopher Doyle.
>
> New Rules to Protect Airline Passengers Go Into Effect Tuesday | Consumer
> Reports
>
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