Chris McGinnis Quotations

Until the airlines are able to guarantee the bags are going to be at baggage claim within a certain period of time, the tendency is going to be to carry on.

The only place you'll see a domestic 747 is on a transcontinental route.

Lots of changes are the nature of the beast.

Historically and also the current outlook is for Las Vegas and Orlando to be neck and neck among American tourists.

LaGuardia is one of the few airports in the country that is controlled by slots so there are only a certain amount of airlines that are allowed to take off and land.

I think that the traditional family vacation has shifted from the two-week vacation with a plane trip at the beginning and at the end to a lot of shorter vacations throughout the year.

Last summer as you recall the planes were bulging at the seams full of passengers, so there's a lot of equipment on those routes now that the airlines are trying to keep full this winter.

Some major U.S. carriers are offering three- and four-night packages in cities like Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Beijing -- round-trip airfare, four nights in a hotel for around $700 dollars. You can't beat that.

It expands the reach of the frequent flyer programs and makes it easier to earn and redeem miles.

I would kill for Internet access on a flight to Europe, it is something business travelers want and are willing to pay for.

You can get a ticket on United and only be able to carry on a very small bag. And then... the following week you'll get on Continental airlines and you can carry on just about anything you want, it fits.

When it comes to airline bankruptcies, infrequent travelers tend to freak out. They think bankruptcy is liquidation. But that's not the case.

Yeah, it's good. No one should have a problem with it unless you're hiding something.

You know, the hotels are going to go to all this expense of getting a hard wire into each room, and by the time they do that, everyone's going to be using wireless modems.

With the American and US Airways alliance, miles can be pooled so you can use miles from both accounts to claim an award on either airline.

One common mistake that people make is they think that they're checked-in for the flight if they've simply checked their bags and that's not always the case.

Bad weather is expected all week up and down the East Coast, with concomitant flight delays and hassles, so if you don't have to be out there in the slop, stay home.

You need to go ahead and get a card at the store, tell the person that you're going to give them a free trip. Then that person has to contact you and tell you when and where they want to go. You make the reservations and get the tickets for them.

There's ... a liability issue. If an American Airlines plane hits clear air turbulence and someone is injured, they can fall back on the fact that they have it stated in their policy that they must be seated with their seat belt fastened at all times.

It's the time of year when planes are full, when hotels are full, when it's very difficult to get a rental car.

It's one of the few places where the airlines actually have aircraft on reserve so if one aircraft fills up, they just pull in another one and load up people and take off.

It's like a shopping mall. Most people in a shopping mall aren't buying. They're window shopping.

It may involve switching carriers. You may have to remember a whole lot of new numbers -- special access numbers, 800 numbers. It might be kind of a turnoff to some.

The airlines simply have a lot more money right now... They're taking some of those profits and plowing them back into an improved product.

It's harder and harder to stay away from a job for a long period of time with e-mail and the Internet and everything needing immediate response.

Once everybody gets on the plane with few bags, once the plane lands, getting off the plane is a lot easier.

The confusing nature of the sites and the restrictions that are involved make it only ideal for a very small percentage of travelers.

If you know that this many people have voted on this supplier as the best, then your chances of having a good travel experience are increased.

Instead of having a meeting in some far-off or inaccessible location, you'll have a meeting at the airport hotel where everyone from different places around the country can fly into a central location, have the meeting and then fly home. If you have to meet several people in one city you can just base yourself at the airport hotel and have people come to see you instead.

The hotel industry's doing very well, and, for the most part, it's because of the fact that major downtown hotels have been able to charge some of their highest rates ever and get them.