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The Clark Howard Podcast

04.26.23 Air Travel Savings / How To Deal With Customer NO Service

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.64.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Clark shares new travel info including Spirit’s StatusMatch promotion and news on last minute fares. Also in this episode, the plague of customer NO service has only gotten worse. Clark offers strategies, including a NEVER NEVER rule about what NOT to say. Air Travel Info: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Customer No Service: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show Spirit Airlines will now match loyalty status on other airlines New Report: Top 5 Cheapest Airlines for Last-Minute Domestic Flights Should You Use Credit Card Portals to Book Travel? Upgraded Points Data Study Reveals Most Affordable Airlines for Last-Minute Ticket Purchases on Most Popular Domestic Flights Dollar Flight Club | Cheap Flights - International & Domestic Where Should I Look for a Great Deal on a Cruise in 2023? Is Booking a Cruise Last-Minute Still a Good Bargain Strategy? The Only Way You Should Pay for a Cruise As Customer Problems Hit a Record High, More People Seek ‘Revenge’ [The Washington Post] Vanishing phone customer support is driving us all insane Customer No Service - Clark Howard Community BBB-File a Complaint Submit a complaint | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 7 Things To Know About Costco Pharmacy 10 Ways To Save on Prescription Drugs Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs New to volunteering? A How-To-Guide to find the right fit Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Crypto doesn't sleep, so neither do we.

0:04.0

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0:11.0

We're here for you whenever you need us.

0:14.0

Give us a shout at crackin.com forward slash support proof, not investment advice.

0:19.0

Crypto trading involves risk of loss.

0:22.0

It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show.

0:30.0

Our mission is to serve you and empower you to make better financial decisions in your life.

0:37.0

I'm going to begin this episode by talking about one of my favorite things.

0:42.0

Travel deals. Then after I take your questions, I'm going to talk about one of my least favorite things.

0:49.0

Customer, no service that actually seems to be so often in life, we say,

0:57.0

oh, things are worse than they used to be.

0:59.0

This is the customer no service we're getting.

1:03.0

Okay, so I got an oddball one for you.

1:08.0

Spirit Airlines is running a promotion right now called Status Match.

1:15.0

And what it does is it's designed to get people who travel frequently to sample and use spirit.

1:26.0

Because there's a segment of the travel marketplace that travels quite often and doesn't ever consider flying on spirit frontier,

1:36.0

a legit breeze or a veil of the five deep discounter airlines, although breeze is kind of its own thing.

1:46.0

But spirit with a straight face is offering you the ability if you are in a bunch of different hotel programs or airline programs,

1:59.0

you have different levels of status. You get an array of privileges, including if you've got really nice status on a hotel chain with a hotel chain or with an airline for 99 bucks for a year,

2:16.0

you paint no baggage fees for a check bag or a carry on.

2:22.0

You get sea assignments, you get a free snack, a free drink. I mean, it's a deal.

2:28.0

But then again, you're flying spirit and it's something that to me is worth spending the 99 dollars because I travel about 30 weeks a year.

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