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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Business travel groups studying airline fee implications

Two business travel groups, one in this country and one in Europe, are studying the unbundling of air fares, using fees for numerous services once included in a ticket price, and what the practice means for trying to manage corporate travel. Confusion abounds in this area, with companies and individual travelers trying to figure out what air travel is really costing them using airlines that charge fees. The Business Travel Coaltion, based in our neighborhood, and the UK and Ireland Institute of Travel Management and Meetings, joined forces, assembling a group of 60 "peer reviewers" from the industry, to try to develop standards for tracking and accounting for the cost of the fees. Read more on the effort in an article in a UK trade magazine, found here.

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About Tom Belden
Tom Belden has been reporting and writing about Philadelphia International Airport and other air travel subjects for nearly 25 years. He has written business travel columns for The Inquirer's Travel and Business sections. His ground-breaking reporting (with colleague Craig McCoy) on baggage handling problems in Philadelphia have been credited with helping improve the system. His previous blog was called Road Warrior. He can reached at tbelden@phillynews.com.
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