Posts Tagged ‘ ancillary revenue ’

10 Things That Caught My Eye — Week of 4-19-10

Here’s your weekly reading list: T2Impact’s Timothy O’Neill-Dunne tries to judge who’s right in the airline merchandising row.  Spoiler Alert: it ain’t the BTC. American Airlines is trying to make GDSs, distribution channels to embrace XML in order to access ancillary services, which otherwise can’t be done prior to arrival at the airport.  However, American insists there [ READ MORE ]

10 Things That Caught My Eye — Week of 4-12-10

Nothing pithy to kick off the list today, so here it goes: A lot of chatter about  Twitter’s first Chirp conference. Mashable review of 6 Twitter App models that stand a chance,  and a list of takeaways from GigaOM.  But best of all is a post by Dan Howlett on how Seesmic CEO Loic LeMuir either [ READ MORE ]

Maybe Spirit’s Carry-On Fees are a Good Idea

When I first saw the tweet from Forrester’s Henry Harteveldt (who got my vote for most trusted person in travel) this morning that Spirit Airlines will be charging fees for carry-on items I had the same reaction that many probably did when they saw the headline: “Enough is enough, stop trying to shake me down [ READ MORE ]

Contintenal Airlines’ Missed “Meals” Marketing Opportunity

There’s been a fair amount of chatter about Continental’s decision this week to stop offering free meals in the economy cabin on their US and Canadian flights.  Even just this morning I saw a tweet from software industry analyst and über-traveler Ray Wang that said: rwang0: Talking to many passengers and FA’s on #continental @continental. once [ READ MORE ]

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