• Passengers "must be transported by other carriers who operate on the route for which the passenger is ticketed."
• The airline may charge no more than $50 round trip.
• Transport is on a space-available basis.
• Passengers have 60 days from the suspension of service to ticket on another airline.
However, the DOT has not directly addressed the issue of frequent-flier tickets, and has no plans to do so in the near future, said DOT spokesman Bill Mosley. The rule as written applies to people "holding valid confirmed tickets, whether paper or electronic." Kevin Mitchell, spokesman for the Business Travelers Coalition, believes that wording includes frequent-flier tickets, but said he would feel more comfortable seeing it spelled out in black and white.
Travel TICKER
The US Airways Shuttle ticket counter at Reagan National Airport will be relocated for a few months as workers build two extra security checkpoint lanes at the North Pier (Gates 35-44). A temporary counter is located on the upper level of Terminal C, adjacent to the regular US Airways counter. Shuttle customers may also continue to use the counter at the end of the Metro bridge on the departure level . . . Support a lifting of the ban on cell phones on airlines? Want to keep the ban? Either way, tell the Federal Communications Commission, which is soliciting public comments. Link to an e-mail address at www.fcc.gov, or write the FCC, 445 12th St. SW, Washington, D.C. 20054 . . . Delta will close its downtown ticketing office Dec. 28.
BARGAIN OF THE WEEK
Japan for Less
Fly nonstop to Japan for $810 round trip, including taxes. Details: What's the Deal?, Page P3.
Reporting: Cindy Loose, Carol Sottili.
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