http://www.flight-club.org/blog Chat About Air Travel, business flight tips, and social networks Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/praise-jet-blue-share-your-stories-of-thanks-here/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/praise-jet-blue-share-your-stories-of-thanks-here/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:12:45 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=158 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/02/praise-jet-blue-share-your-stories-of-thanks-here/feed/ 0 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/01/share-your-complaints-about-jetblue-flights-and-travel-here/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/01/share-your-complaints-about-jetblue-flights-and-travel-here/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:53:21 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/01/share-your-complaints-about-jetblue-flights-and-travel-here/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2008/01/share-your-complaints-about-jetblue-flights-and-travel-here/feed/ 0 http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/09/what-to-do-when-bumped-from-a-flight/ http://www.flight-club.org/blog/2006/09/what-to-do-when-bumped-from-a-flight/#comments Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:21:47 +0000 Joe Murphy http://www.flight-club.org/blog/?p=101 TheLobby.com): Tips and strategy on what to do when you don't make your flight.

1. Choose your airline wisely. Continental, JetBlue and Southwest are among airlines that re-book you manually, which puts your flight destiny in your hands (as in, whoever gets re-booked first, wins).
2. Call your airline or travel agency as soon as you know you got bumped.
3. Use the "Rule 240 transfer." This is a remnant from the pre-1978 world of air travel, when things were more regulated, and airlines sort of had to book you with another airline if you were bumped and the other airline could get you where you were going faster.

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