12/12/2002 - Updated 09:59 PM ET Business travelers get break on $100 fee By Marilyn Adams, USA TODAY In a gift to business travelers, United Airlines will rescind a new $100 fee for passengers who leave on earlier or later flights the same day they have a flight booked. "We've been listening," United Senior Vice President Chris Bowers told corporate clients in a conference call Thursday. To boost revenue, United and other airlines had planned to start charging travelers with non-refundable tickets a $100 standby fee to fly earlier or later to the same city on the same day. Business travelers often need to leave earlier or later when their schedules change. Bowers said canceling the fee was an effort to be more user-friendly. United's fee would have started in January. Delta, which already charges the fee, and American, which planned to start in January, had no immediate response. The decision was hailed by travel agents. "Those corporate customers are incredibly important to United," said Thom Nulty of Navigant International. "They need to do things to make sure they don't jump ship." United filed for bankruptcy protection Monday. The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ The Trinbago Site of the Week: (TnT News) http://www.tntmirror.com/ (TnT News) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************