Sometimes, service members don't have the luxury of advance notice; they might get 24 hours' notice

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Nationwide, some soldiers and their families are puzzled, and others incensed, that so-called california wine tour military california wine tour fares offered by U.S. airlines sometimes cost more than the cheapest tickets for leisure travelers. This contradicts a 2003 congressional resolution, and a local congressman said legislation is being considered to require airlines to give returning service members the cheapest tickets possible.
The Tribune-Review compared military rates and regular fares for flights on various airlines between randomly chosen cities eight days before departure. In each case, the lowest military rate was more expensive california wine tour than the lowest regular rate. For example, US Airways said Sunday that a ticket purchased for travel July 14 from Baltimore to Minneapolis would cost $565 at the military rate, while the cheapest advance fare was $399.
It's a feel-good corporate move by these airlines to say that they have these military rates, said Nancy Totman, lobbyist for Blue Star Moms, a nationwide group of mothers of service members. People are not getting california wine tour their military california wine tour fares, and it's very frustrating. On their own
Sometimes, service members don't have the luxury of advance notice; california wine tour they might get 24 hours' notice of a leave. That raises the price of a domestic ticket because the purchase is so close to departure, airline officials and soldier advocate groups said. Some airlines add fees to cover a potential cancellation or flight change.
I've been in the military for 25 years and fly my family california wine tour all over the place, and I've never bought a military ticket, said Lt. Col. Chris Cleaver, spokesman for the Pennsylvania National Guard. It's because they're so expensive.
Though california wine tour United and its competitors say Eves' situation and others are anomalies, they acknowledge such price discrepancies occur. A congressional resolution passed in 2003 urged air carriers california wine tour to offer active duty military members rates that are comparable to the lowest airfare for ticketed flights.
These fares were never meant to be the lowest fare on a route, American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner said. If there is a cheaper fare out there, we say you should do that. It's my understanding that the military is extremely pleased with what we offer.
We specifically passed this (resolution) to ask airlines to be good corporate citizens, Murphy california wine tour said. They come to us all the time for massive bailouts. We ask them to give soldiers a fair shake, and they failed.
Terry Trippler, owner of Minneapolis-based Trippler Travel, which studies airline fares, said it happens all the time that military fares are more expensive than regular tickets. But Trippler said any attempt by Congress to regulate fares would be politics.
When the average flight was more expensive and only the affluent california wine tour took to the skies, military rates were substantially cheaper, Trippler said. Now, military fares frequently cost more because regular fares often are low. The same effect happened to senior citizen rates, he said.
For example, the airline said it charges $99 to fly from Chicago to Raleigh, Nashville to New York City, and Dallas to St. Louis -- among other flights -- regardless of the time of purchase for members of the Armed Forces. Such rates are advertised through July 31.
Most major airlines -- including American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, Southwest, United and US Airways -- offer military fares. The Tribune-Review asked airlines california wine tour for the cheapest military fares and the cheapest regular fare for flights on July 9, if bought eight days before departure:
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