FOR MORE ON
THIS WEEK BRING IN NIC U AND
SENIOR EDITOR AT THE POINTS GUY
NICK SO GREAT TO
HAVE YOU QUITE A DIFFERENT
PICTURE THIS MEMORIAL DAY
COMPARED TO LAST MORE
THEY TYPICALLY A HUGE WEEKEND
FOR TRAVEL SO WHAT ARE YOU FOR
THIS WEEKEND.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING ALREADY A
HUGE DEMAND THAT WE'RE
EXPECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
TAKE TO THE ROADS A LOT OF
PEOPLE TAKE TO THE SKIES IN
FACT SOME ARE SAYING THAT THIS
IS GOING TO BE TO BACK TO CLOSE
TO PREPANDEMIC MEMORIAL DAY
OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR MEMORIAL
DAY WAY DOWN FROM A TRAVEL
PERSPECTIVE SO BRING YOUR
PATIENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING
TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKING TO
THE SKIES AND HITTING THE ROADS
THIS WEEKEND.
>> OKAY SO IN TERMS OF OF
COMPARING THIS.
>> MEMORIAL DAY THE LAST
MEMORIAL AND EVEN THE MEMORIAL
DAY PREPANDEMIC WHERE DO YOU
THINK WE'RE GOING TO LINE DO
YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO HIT
PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.
>> SO EVEN IF WE DON'T QUITE
HIT PREPANDEMIC LEVELS IT'S
IMPORTANT
TO KNOW THAT INTERNATIONAL
TRAVEL IS STILL LARGELY
RESTRICTED THERE ARE ROUGHLY 90
COUNTRIES THAT AMERICANS CAN
TRAVEL TO BUT A LOT OF THAT
DEMAND IS GOING TO BE
BOTTLENECKED INTO DOMESTIC
TRAVEL ALSO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
A LOT OF CROWDS BEACHES
NATIONAL THERE'S STILL A LOT OF
DEMAND FOR SOME OF THOSE
SOCIALLY
DISTANT ACTIVITIES. SO EVEN IF
WE DON'T QUITE HIT 2019
MEMORIAL DAY LEVELS, THE FACT
THAT A LOT OF THAT TRAVEL IS
GOING TO BE REALLY PUSHED INTO
DOMESTIC DESTINATIONS. I THINK
IT'S GOING TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE
A TON OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
>> FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S PLANNING
TO HIT THE AND TRAVEL BY PLANE.
WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW AS
THEY HEAD TO THE AIRPORT.
>> THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS EVEN THOUGH THE CDC
HAS RELAXED ITS GUIDANCE
FOR BACK THE NATIVE AMERICANS
IN MANY INDOOR AND OUTDOOR
SPACES WHEN YOU ARE ON A PLANE
IN AN
AIRPORT THERE IS STILL A
FEDERAL MASK MANDATES YOU NEED
TO WEAR A MASK WE'VE SEEN SOME
UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS OF SOME
AIR UNIT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
BEING ASSAULTED SO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU HAVE YOUR MASK, BUT
EXPECT FULL FLIGHTS
THIS IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A
LOT OF PEOPLE TAKING TO THE
SKIES OVER MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND. SO YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT
GOING TO HAVE A MIDDLE SEAT
OPEN NEXT TO YOU THERE'S
PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LINE TO
BOARD THE PLANE SO AGAIN BRING
YOUR PATIENTS EXPECT THOSE
CROWDS AND AGAIN WEAR THOSE
MASKS THAT IS STILL A FEDERAL
REQUIREMENT ON BOARD AIRPLANES.
>> THAT WAS JUST WHAT I WAS
GOING TO ASK YOU ACTUALLY
BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING THESE
CRAZY STORIES ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT THE
STORY ABOUT THE
THAT JUST CRAZY THAT THE THE
FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO
WAS PUNCHED.
>> ARE WE SEEING EVEN MORE
CROWDED PLANES THAN WE'RE USED
TO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT THE
MIDDLE SEAT AS YOU MENTIONED IT
THOSE ARE BEING SOLD AT
THIS POINT. BUT ARE THERE IN
TERMS OF SUPPLY ARE WE SEEING
AS MANY FLIGHTS THAT WERE USED
TO WE ARE THESE AIRPORTS EVEN
MORE CROWDED.
>> SO AIRLINES HAVE RAPIDLY
TRIED TO SCALE UP THEIR
OPERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO
DEMAND. BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME
TO BRING AIRCRAFT BACK INTO
SERVICE
TO GET FLIGHT STAFF SO I DON'T
THINK THAT WILL NECESSARILY
SEE MORE CROWDING THAN WE DID
PRE PANDEMIC BUT YOU DEFINITELY
WILL SEE FULL FLIGHTS A PRE
PANDEMIC AIRLINES HAVE GOT
REALLY GOOD AT PREDICTING JUST
HOW MANY KNOW SHOWS THEY HAVE
SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
FORCED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO
TAKE VOUCHERS TO TAKE A LATER
FLIGHT AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE A LOT OF THAT THIS
WEEKEND WHERE AIRCRAFT WILL BE
FULL AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH
SOME WEATHER SYSTEMS ON THE WAY
SOME OF THE DELAYS MISSED
CONNECTIONS CANCELLATIONS BRING
YOUR PATIENTS BECAUSE IT MAY
TAKE YOU SEVERAL ADDITIONAL
HOURS TO MAKE IT TO YOUR FINAL
DESTINATION BECAUSE FLIGHTS ARE
GOING TO BE PRETTY FULL THIS
WEEKEND.
>> IT AND JUST IN TERMS OF
TRENDS WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING
WHERE PEOPLE TRAVELING TO.
>> AND PRIMARILY LEISURE
DESTINATIONS SO FLORIDA ARIZONA
PLACES WHERE I HAVE GREAT
PROXIMITY TO
NATIONAL PARKS, THE WORLD OF
BUSINESS TRAVEL STILL HASN'T
RECOVERED SO A LOT OF THOSE
OUR CITIES THAT REALLY DEPEND
BUSINESS TRAVEL MUCH FOR
MEETINGS BUT ALSO THOSE LARGE
SCALE CONVENTIONS. THOSE STILL
ARE STRUGGLING TO GET BACK TO
YOU KNOW ANYWHERE NEAR
PREPANDEMIC LEVELS. BUT YOU'RE
EVEN SEEING PLACES LIKE ALASKA.
FOR THE GREAT OUTDOORS A LOT OF
THOSE PLACES THAT ALLOW
AMERICANS TO GET OUT AND ENJOY
NATURE. SPEND SOME TIME WITH
THEIR LOVED ONES THAT MAYBE
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IN 1216 18
MONTHS. THOSE LEISURE
DESTINATIONS ARE THE ONES THAT
ARE REALLY SEEING THE DEMAND TO
INCREASE PRICING AND SOME
SHORTAGE OF RENTAL CARS AND
OTHER MEN THESE ARE PEOPLE
GOING BACK TO HOTELS OR.
>> WE STILL SEEING THE AIR BNB
TRACK.
>> IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S REALLY A COMBINATION
OF THE 2 I'VE TALKED TO A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID
LOOK THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR
FIRST VACATION SINCE THE
PANDEMIC WE WANT TO BE PAMPERED
WE DON'T WANT TO BE COOKING FOR
OURSELVES. WE WANT TO BE
ENJOYING THAT THE SERVICE OF A
HOTEL EVEN AP SLIMMED DOWN
LEVELS SOME HOTELS HAVEN'T
QUITE RESTORED. THE ROOM
SERVICE AND THE RESTAURANT
OPERATIONS BACK TO WHERE THEY
WERE PRIOR TO
THE PANDEMIC ON THE OTHER THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
SAYING YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
BEING THESE THAT STILL
THE BEST OPTION OR SOME KIND OF
VACATION RENTAL IT'S GOING TO
BE ADDITIONAL SPACE IT'S GOING
TO GIVE ME UP SOME
I GOING TO BE SHARING AN
ELEVATOR OR SHARING OTHER
SPACES WITH GAS AND ALLOWS ME
TO CAN PULL A LITTLE BIT MORE
OF MY ENVIRONMENT,
SO IT'S REALLY A PERSONAL
PREFERENCE, BOTH
ARE REALLY HIGH IN DEMAND
SPRING THIS MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND AS WELL AS INTO
THE SUMMER.
>> AND ANY TRENDS THAT WE SEE
THAT STARTED DURING THE
PANDEMIC THAT YOU THINK ARE
REALLY GOING TO STICK AROUND.
>> ONE OF THE BIG TRENDS THAT
CAME OUT RIGHT AT THE END OF
AUGUST LAST YEAR WAS AIRLINES
BEING WAIVING
THOSE CHANGE FEES THAT THEY HAD
TYPICALLY CHARGED
101 $5200 HER TICKET TO MAKE A
CHANGE OR TO CANCEL I'VE TALKED
WITH A NUMBER AIRLINE
EXECUTIVES WE HAD DEALT US
AIRLINES CEO ED BASTIAN ON THE
WEATHER NOW WE DID HERE AT THE
POINTS GUY. WE HAVE FORMER
UNITED CEO OSCAR MUNOZ EARLIER
THIS WEEK ON A WEBINAR AND
THEY'VE ALL INDICATED,
BUT THOSE CHANGE FEES ARE
LIKELY NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANY
TIME SOON THAT'S A FANTASTIC
CUSTOMER FRIENDLY CHANGE
BECAUSE IN THE PAST YOU ARE
IT'S ESSENTIALLY INCENTIVIZED
TO TAKE A FLIGHT WHEN YOU ARE
SICK AND THANKFULLY, IT SEEMS
LIKE I WANT TO REALIZE THAT
THAT IS NOT A WAY TO DO
BUSINESS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
PENALIZE CUSTOMERS ANYMORE WHEN
THEY NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE OR
ADJUST THEIR ITINERARY. SO
THAT I THINK IS A REALLY
CUSTOMER FRIENDLY CHANGE THAT
WILL LIKELY STICK AROUND FOR
MONTHS IF NOT YEARS
TO COME.
>> I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR BECAUSE
I WAS WONDERING WHEN IT WAS
GOING TO GET WHEN WE WERE GOING
TO GO BACK TO THAT IN A SPOT
ACTUALLY GIVEN. REGARDLESS OF
POLITICS, THE TAXPAYERS DID
BAIL OUT THESE AIRLINES DURING
THE PANDEMIC SO IT'S NICE TO
KNOW