United Ups Change Fee, Reinstates Saturday Night Stay

United Ups Change Fee, Reinstates Saturday Night Stay
Published on Modern agent: April 22, 2008

United Airlines has made two changes to its ticketing policies. It has increased by 50 percent how much it charges to change a ticket and has added a Saturday night stay requirement on all discounted tickets where it competes head-to-head with other legacy air carriers. The fee to change a ticket has gone from $100 to $150 and the Saturday night stay will impact 65 percent of all markets United serves — for example, Chicago-Minneapolis and Chicago-Boston. In an environment where fuel prices are averaging almost $120 a barrel, the carrier says it is facing a cost increase of more than $2 billion this year and that is more than twice the operating earnings it generated last year. The airline said the changes are designed to help it adapt to today’s tough market realities and find new ways to generate revenue, according to a company spokeswoman. For more information, visit www.united.com.