Quotes by Ed Perkins

“It kind of reminded us of last year. And thats a place we definitely didnt want to go to again.”

“Resorts generally are starting to feature Christmas, New Years packages that include some kind of holiday entertainment.”

“I think were talking a minimum of 20 years and maybe 30 since something like this happened.”

“You can do something in about every price range. You can buy a $10,000 cruise all the way down to a $10 gadget in a travel store.”

“Since labor action falls into the same category as Act of God and Act of War, the carriers have no legal obligation to do anything for the consumer,”

“Greed on the part of banks is never surprising. Fortunately, not all the cards are doing it.”

“Passengers are saying, I wont accept the offer; I want a better one, ”

“As far as the operation of the airline is concerned, almost nothing changes. People keep buying tickets, the airline flights operate as usual, and travelers would be hard-put to know that the bankruptcy ever happened.”

“Brians progressed a lot from last year. Hes come a long way and hes running the ball now.”

“The travel industry is very interested in building up this holiday season travel market. Part of the reason, of course, is that right now is really a dead time of year for business travel.”

“The first thing they should do, clearly, is find out what their alternatives might be. What you do depends on how urgent it is that you make that particular trip on that particular day.”

“When a strike prevents them from serving you, they will generally waive the various restrictive rules. Theres no law that says they have to, but thats a general business practice.”

“If one of the big guys goes out, its going to throw a tremendous load on all the others, and it means seats are going to be very difficult to get.”

“Historically, airlines have sought to maintain goodwill among their passengers by providing them with some compensation or refund.”

“We got off to a fast start and we wanted that on a cold night. We let them come back into the game, but then we toughened up in the second half. We didnt worry too much about (the fumbles). Thats gonna happen on a night like this.”

“Generally, its $2 to $3, sometimes $5.”

“Thats a question of personal lifestyle. Lots of people dont like carrying more than $50 or $100. Other people arent comfortable unless they have $300 or $400.”

“People will spend two hours looking around London or Paris to save $2 on exchange costs. Thats really crazy.”

“Its one of the few times that consumers have the upper hand.”

“Each airline thats involved sets the prices and some of these differences can be huge.”