Comments on: American Ups Award Prices, Requires $5 Payment to Book Free Tickets Online

By: 2008 June 12 » Upgrade: Travel Better

2008 June 12 » Upgrade: Travel Better — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:23:46 +0000

[...] fee American introduced a $5 fee for booking a free ticket online. Purely spiteful, as Gary Leff argued when this first arose. Online distribution was intended to lower costs, but now it’s just a [...]

By: Online Travel Review » American Airlines to Charge $5 to Book Reward Ticket Online

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:08:42 +0000

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By: Milesjamie

Milesjamie — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:49:22 +0000

Ack! Everytime I read your prediction about passing on surcharges on FF tickets, my toes curl!!!

Fingernails on a blackboard!

By: iahphx

iahphx — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:19:08 +0000

This is very wrong. You’re supposed to be saving up for a “free ticket” — not a $5 ticket. I assume there’s no place you can now go to redeem your award ticket without a fee.

Hopefully, some greedy lawyer will launch a class action suit against this policy and AA will have to incur the costs of defending it. They would deserve it.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:23:10 +0000

Somehow I think we’ll see $5 “fees” on any online booking on airline websites by the end of the year. After all, the same logic as for award tickets applies — where else would you go to avoid it? (other than Priceline)