Vada Crosby began fare shopping for a late summer flight between New York and Rome last September, almost a year before his scheduled departure.
But the moment the first song begins -- "Fare Thee Well" -- you immediately sit up straight in your seat.
Early the next year, the agency also began offering fare discounts for users of the MetroCard, which was introduced a year before Mr. Conway became chairman.
Most beginning violinists fare better with a tuner, which is a device that determines the frequency of any open string--or, actually, any note--a musician plays.
The last-minute one-way fare begins at $962.
In fact, when a bull market begins, you may fare best with funds that performed miserably in the bear market just before it.
JetBlue Airways, which began low-fare operations last year, plans to double operations out of its base at Kennedy International Airport in New York.
He said that the line was not officially open yet and that he was waiting for word from his supervisor to begin charging fares.
Last week, evidently in anticipation of the tax's expiring, some airlines quietly began raising fares — on average, roughly by the same amount as the federal taxes.
"The sense I got," said Mr. Baldassano, "was 'Keep it local.' " That became problematic in March 1999 when Southwest Airlines announced the that it would begin low-fare service from MacArthur to Chicago, Washington and several other cities.
The bill-of-fare begins with an explanation that clouds rather than clarifies: "an American menu infused with the flavors and ingredients of the Mediterranean".
