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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Friday, Feb. 21, 1986
Low air fares make skies even friendlier
By Monique O'Donnell Staff writer
Airlines have engaged in an all-out price war, making quick excursions to Color add accessible to anyone with $39 to spare or an overseas jaunt for only $149.
Beverly Berens, travel consultant at Maupinture in the Kansas Union, said airlines once again were engaging in competitive fare reductions.
In mid-February, Frontier Airlines announced $39 one-way flights to Denver and $178 round-trip flights to Los Angeles. Since then, other airlines have tried to underbid or
match Frontier's low fare.
"Airlines have been trying to underbid each other's fares for some time, but these are some of the most drastic price cuts I have ever seen." Berens said.
Continental Airlines and United Airlines have matched Frontier's fare to Denver. The only difference is that Continental and United include baggage service in the price.
Farhad Sanadizadeh, Toronto, Canada, freshmen, said he had planned to take the bus to Colorado for spring break. But now that flying is
cheaper than taking the bus, he made flight reservations.
Andy Strasser, co-owner of Ports Unlimited, a local travel agency, said the low air fares were supposed to apply until April 15. But the problem, he said, is that the rates have been changing within a minute's notice.
"We don't know what changes to expect when we come here in the morning," Strasser said. "The airlines can change the ticket price at any time."
The only way a customer can be sure to travel at a given price, he
said, is if the ticket is purchased immediately. Reservations made by a customer don't guarantee the flight at the price quoted on the day the reservations were made.
Straisser said Peoples Express, a five-year-old airline, merged with Frontier in October 1985. Peoples, which doesn't fly out of Kansas City International Airport but does fly out of St. Louis Lambert International Airport, has been underbidding all national airlines.
Since the two airlines merged, cities on Frontier's routes have been receiving the low rates that before
were available only to a limited number of cities served by Peoples.
The economical fare makes flying Peoples or Frontier very appealing to students, Berens said. Students already are inquiring about making reservations for Peoples' summer flights from Newark, N.J., to Brussels, which were $149 one-way last year.
The problem with Peoples, said Dorothy Pogge, travel consultant at Sunflower Travel Service, is that the airline only books for two months in advance. And reservations, she said, are no guarantee.
Social Welfare dean seeks national presidency
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Being president of the National Association of Social Workers would be an opportunity for Pat Ewalt to lobby Congress for improvements in social programs.
"We need to have a continued presence on Capitol Hill, informing Congress and the congressional staff on the impact of people by favorable and unfavorable social policy action," Ewalt, dean of the School of Social Welfare, said recently.
Evalt announced her candidacy for the presidency of NASW in
December. The election will be in April.
"We must demonstrate how the work force is affected by social programs," she said.
Because NASW has over 100,000
Ewalt said her experience with NASW had given her creative ideas which would help the organization be more effective, promote social policies and enhance study practices.
The other candidate in the election is Suzanne Dworak-Peck, a social work practitioner and assistant professor of social work at the University of Southern California.
members, Ewalt said it was important to have a strong leader who would emphasize the need for budget policy changes both on the local and national level.
"People can't do their part in the economy if certain services aren't available," she said.
"If mothers with children don't have day care, it becomes impossible for them to participate in the workforce. They could hire someone to take care of the children, but that would cost more than the day care."
Many social programs face as much as a 50-percent cut if government proposals, such as the Gramm- Rudman law, are enacted. These cuts don't make economic sense, she said.
The reason for the large cuts in social programs, Ewalt said, is the administration's excessive spending on offensive weapons. Rather than looking at the country's military capabilities, the administration should decide whether it has been successful by looking at the number of homeless people, she said.
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