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----- Original Message ----- From: "D P Ingram" <[log in to unmask]> > On 7 maj 2007, at 05.13, David Lennick wrote: > >> Trouble is, neither Durham Region Transit nor Greyhound Canada runs > >> buses east of the maritime provinces...and I don't recall seeing > >> any cheap charter fares Canada-Helsinki (anybody else notice that > >> those $99 fares are always one-way, and the very fine print tells > Ah, do they do that in North America as well. Irritation is not the > word. In the UK you get often companies advertising flights for a > pound or two and then you get stiffed for the fees... and the fees > always seem to vary between rival carriers even for the same > routing. It gets my goat when you try and use reward miles for a > booking and the fees often are higher than buying an offer fare with > tax/fees from the same carrier. > Here in Canada, they are required to mention the extra charges...but that law fails to designate a minimum type size... > Customer loyalty... airline industry... genuine.... words not > designed to go together. > Actually, delete "airline" and substitute "any"...and you have just typified the XXI Jahrhundert...! The theme song of present-day human existence is probably: "Nyah-nyah-na-na-nyah-nyah... I got more <wotever> than you do..." Meanwhile, the poor overloaded planet is finally falling apart at the seams...?! Go figure (or, better yet, don't, if you're easily scared...) Steven C. Barr