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The 2 Cheapest Days of the Week to Fly Ed Perkins, March 31, 2015
The 2 Cheapest Days of the Week to Fly
Be a little flexible with your flight itinerary and you could save some cash; that's because some days are cheaper for flying than others. There are two specific days that are cheapest for air passengers. Those days are likely to yield the best rates for departures and arrivals. But remember: This isn't an exact science.
The universal consensus seems to be that airfares tend to be lowest for flights that depart on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. That's what George Hobica of Airfarewatchdog says, along with CheapAir. Some sources, includingFodor's, add Thursday, and others, including Smarter Travel's Josh Roberts and FareCompare, add Saturday.
Expedia's 2015 Travel Trends White Paper posts the most comprehensive analysis of the "when to fly" question. Expedia concludes that, for long-haul flights, leaving on Thursday and returning on Monday costs around 20 percent less than leaving on Friday and returning on Saturday. The lowest in-and-out combinations tend to include outbound flights on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday with return flights on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday. For short-haul trips, Expedia's lowest-fare groupings are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday both ways.
Related: When Should I Buy My Flight?
Saturday, April 4, 2015
DF says goodbye to James Bond and crew Business owners won't be unhappy to see them go
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DF says goodbye to James Bond and crew
Business owners won't be unhappy to see them go
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James Bond himself has already left; this week, the rest of the crew is following suit.
For two weeks Mexico City was taken over by actors and film crews shooting the next Bond film, called Spectre, which included a Day of the Dead parade and — more in keeping with a Bond flick — stunt men fighting on a helicopter as it buzzed over the city.
However, restaurants and retailers will not be sad to see the end of the shoot: they estimate that the cost to businesses was as high as 377 million pesos, or US $25 million, as a result of street closings.
A group representing small businesses says a survey found that 6,627 were affected, and sales on average were down 60%. Small Business Chamber of Commerce president Gerardo López Becerra blamed it on “bad public policy” by city officials who provided locations for filming without considering or respecting business and even religious activities.
About 100 businesses received compensation of $100-$130 a day from the production company.
Another controversy over the filming surfaced when a story revealed that the producers were getting tax cuts of as much as $20 million and that changes were made in exchange regarding casting and shooting locations, such as the selection of Mexican actress Stephanie Sigman as a “Bond girl” and that the film include a four-minute sequence shot in Mexico.
The government has made no comment, but producer Michael Wilson said Bond films always receive tax incentives.
The focus of the films is flushing out the bad guys, a fact that was taken into account by demonstrators on Saturday who showed up at the shooting with a satirical banner asking for Agent 007 to help find the missing students of Ayotzinapa.
The street closings ended yesterday in time for Easter week visitors, a holiday period that businesses are counting on to recoup the losses incurred by the Hollywood invasion.
Sources: EFE (en), Global Post (en)
Time changes tonight in most of Mexico The clocks change unless you're on the northern border, in Sonora or Quintana Roo
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Time changes tonight in most of Mexico
The clocks change unless you're on the northern border, in Sonora or Quintana Roo
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The clocks change tonight in Mexico with the exception of 33 border municipalities in the north and two states.
The change to Daylight Savings Time occurs officially at 2:00am tomorrow when clocks advance by one hour.
In those northern municipalities the change took place on March 8 to coincide with time changes north of the border and not create scheduling issues for citizens who cross frequently for work or study.
The two states that remain on the same time all year are Sonora and Quintana Roo.
The latter state adopted a new time zone, called Southeastern Time, in February when it advanced the clocks by one hour. As in Sonora, the time will remain the same throughout the year.
The time change not only means it’s lighter later but huge savings are realized in electrical energy costs. The Energy Secretariat estimates the total at almost 1.5 billion pesos, or US $101 million.
And given that a large amount of electrical power is generated by burning fossil fuels, environmental savings result as well, say energy officials.
Daylight Savings Time will remain in effect until the last Sunday in October for most of the country, and until the first Sunday in November for the border municipalities.
Source: El Universal (sp)
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