Bravo to you, Kathryn, for being a pioneer! My girlfriend Susan lives in San Antonio, so we’ve been doing plenty of solo flying since reconnecting almost a decade ago. (We met at U. Oregon over 40 years ago, then reconnected via Facebook, then in person after her husband passed away in 2016.) United has at least one daily SFO-SAT/SAT-SFO non-stop so we are commuter sweeties.
She was hardly a frequent flier, but beyond infecting her with my aviation interests I’ve shared my Million-Miler Gold status on United with her so she gets treated like a frequent flier. On her most recent return to Texas, she was in 10C, and the person in 10A was a first-time flier and nervous as all get-out, especially when some turbulence cropped up during descent. They held hands for comfort of the newbie. Ja, I’m proud of my GF for being at home in the air and for reaching out to someone who wasn’t. Two years ago we spent a week in Maui. On the return flight (UA 1722 aboard N220UA, a 777-222ER), during boarding, I dragged her up front. “WTF?!” The FO and then the captain offered up their seats for a photograph on her second flight (that she knows) on a two-aisle aircraft. (This may be wandering into an NNN.) -- Karl > On Sep 24, 2025, at 1:54 PM, Kathryn Creedy via Mifnet > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been a solo traveler since my early 20s when it was frowned upon for > "young ladies" to travel solo. Glad to see the world is catching up to me. > BTW, if you want to know who made it ok for solo women to travel -- flight > attendants. Cheers -- kathryn > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM ERIC Smith via Mifnet > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > --Eric > > Solo travelers were punished with extra charges. That’s changing. > > After years of surcharges, travel companies are beginning to view solo > travelers as their own demographic. > > > ...Individual travelers also face single supplement markups — an extra fee to > compensate for the cost at full occupancy — on many tours and cruises that > typically serve couples and families. Even airfare can get strange > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/05/31/solo-airfare-increase-thrifty-traveler/>: > Algorithms sometimes return higher prices to a party of one than to a pair > on the same flight, a quirk of opaque fare rules that has drawn scrutiny. > > ... > While the solo premium hasn’t vanished, it seems that the industry is finally > treating solo travelers as a standalone demographic, catering to them in a > way it hadn’t done before. That means fewer surcharges that nickel-and-dime > solo travelers. > > The industry shift to solo > > Travel operators say increased solo demand has changed their approach to > packaging trips. > > “After the pandemic, there’s been this massive surge in interest for people > wanting to go somewhere alone,” Mayorga said. “The industry is definitely > evolving in a way we’ve never seen before.” > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/09/24/solo-travel-charges-hotels-cruises-tours/ > > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/09/24/solo-travel-charges-hotels-cruises-tours/>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Revised: 20250507 > > You are receiving The Mifnet because you requested to join this list. > > The Mifnet is largely a labor of love, however the infrastructure isn't > exactly cost-free. 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