NEW YORK -- United Airlines said Friday it will start requiring minimum stays
for nearly all domestic coach seats beginning in October. It also is raising
its cheapest fares by as much as $90 one-way.
The second-largest U.S. carrier said the moves are among a number of changes,
including flight and job cutbacks, it is making to combat record high fuel
prices. The Chicago-based airline has been among the industry's most aggressive
in pushing fares and fees higher in recent months, and those efforts have
often been matched by other carriers. The industry is scrambling to raise
revenue
in a fight to forestall what is projected to be a record multibillion loss.
Starting Oct. 6, most of United's economy-class fares will require a one- to
three-night or weekend-night minimum stay, spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said. The
policy does not apply to fliers in other classes. The new rules are bound to be
unpopular with business travelers who prefer to catch a flight out early in
the morning so they can be back home in time for dinner.
"They'll push back big time," said Mike Boyd, a Colorado-based aviation
consultant. "It's one thing to simply raise fares. It's quite another to do it
by
imposing restrictions that appear to make it harder to conveniently fly." Major
carriers scrapped most minimum-stay rules at the start of the decade.
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