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Student holiday travel increases;
travel problems remain the same
By Sarah Kitchen
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Holiday travel is up this year
from last, with many students
flying either to domestic or
foreign destinations.
Kristen Petersen, manager of
Valentine's Campus Travel
Center, said that ticket sales
over the Christmas break is up
over last year, and people are
buying their tickets earlier this
year.
"This year we found that peo
ple who traveled last year who
booked their tickets in
November had to buy their
tickets in October this year,"
Petersen said.
The probability of airlines of
fering the specials they did last
Christmas is not expected this
year.
"We don't anticipate the
airlines doing the crazy things
they did last year such as $58
round-trip tickets to San Fran
cisco with a maximum stay of
48 hours.” Petersen said.
There has been a particular
problem finding seats on planes
for people traveling to Asia,
Petersen said. Many students
flying to Singapore have been
on waiting lists since
September, she said.
Petersen suggested that
students planning to travel to
Asia next Christmas make their
travel plans during the summer
in order to avoid the possibility
of being stuck on a waiting list.
Any low rates offered by
United Airlines during the holi
day period apply only if the
ticket is purchased 30 days in
advance, said a United
spokeswoman. On several
routes. 14-day advance tickets
are still available, with the
restriction that a Saturday fall
between the departure and
return trip, she said.
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however, the more likely the
routes will bo sold out. she
added.
The Kugene-San Francisco
and the Eugene-Los Angeles
mutes are almost all booked,
especially from Dec. 18-23. the
spokeswoman said. Delays,
which are more likely to occur
over a holiday period, occur on
ly when they cannot 1h; avoid
ed. she said.
“The airplanes stay in the air
all day long." she said. "Forex
ample. a plane may originate in
Washington. D.C.. and then go
to Denver, to San Francisco,
and then to Los Angeles, back to
San Francisco and on to
Eugene. If there is a delay
anywhere along the line,
especially because of weather in
the east, the whole schedule is
thrown off.
"Delays am avoided by the
airline because they cost of hun
dreds of dollars since the whole
route is thrown off. and we may
lose customers," she added.
Another cause of delays over
the holiday season is airline
overbooking which usually
results in the airline asking
volunteers to give up their
seats.
A plane may be overbooked
when travelers are given tickets
that have not been specifically
booked with the airline,
especially by corporations that
are able to write their own
tickets, the spokeswoman said.
"There is no way of us know
ing that someone booked a
space with us or not." she said.
Today the airline has a system
of asking for volunteers to give
up their seats; in the past the
customer was just out of luck,
she added.
"If a plane is overbooked we
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offer a free ticket to the person
who gives up a seat," the
spokeswoman said- "Also, we
assure them a seat on the next
available airplane out."
Trailways Bus System is of
fering a round-trip ticket to any
destination it has routes to for
$159; however, the traveler
must return within Hi days, a
Trailways representative said
Apart from this special.
Trailways is offering discount
tickets to Washington and
California. There is an addi
tional discount if the tickets are
purchased 14 days in advance.
The number of people travel
ing on Truilways is no heavier
during the Christmas break than
any other time, he said.
Harold lorimor. Fugene sta
tion manager for Greyhound
Bus Lines, said special tickets
are offered during the Christmas
holiday. For instance, a round
trip ticket to the San Francisco
Bay Area is $99.95. and a
round-trip ticket to Seattle is
$54.
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