What are the practical benefits of getting dinged by six different airlines on your computer at the same time?

The trend for leisure fares has been upward all summer (averaging 16% more than a year ago), and it's continuing through the fall.

If something happened while the beach is full, I don't know how everybody would get out, ... We need to put it on the front burner.

On a net, net, net basis, if you look at all the increases this year and look at after the sale, ... fares are 8 percent higher than a year ago. So for all the hoopla and concern, the airlines are making more money than a year ago.

I've been in the business a long time,

Asia is a battleground now. United has been there since buying its routes from Pan Am. American is the relative new kid on the block.