Distribution
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US Airways May Be Gone, But It Just Won an Industry-Changing Court Case Over Sabre
You might have thought that, with the American merger long-completed, US Airways was gone for good. This week, however, the airline won…
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Expedia Learns People Like To Hold a Fare Before Buying
It’s been about 2 and a half years since I wrote about Options Away, a company that allows people to lock in…
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Lufthansa Group Airlines Are Going to Charge You if You Don’t Book Directly, and That’s a Big Mistake
Fights between airlines and reservation systems are as old as time. Global Distribution Systems (GDSes) have held the upper hand for years,…
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Cranky on the Web (September 15 – 19) and Some Reading Material for the Next Week
Usually when I go on vacation, I try to either write a bunch of posts myself or wrangle up some guest posts.…
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Travelocity Gives Up, Outsources Itself to Expedia
If you like to use online travel agents for booking, your options just got narrower. Travelocity, known pretty much for its gnome…
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One Step Closer to a Better Way to Sell Airline Tickets
As you know, I was in Dublin last week for the CAPA Airlines in Transition conference. But it was Travelport that brought…
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Topic of the Week: How Do You Want to Buy Plane Tickets?
This has been a heavy week talking about how airlines sell tickets, so for the topic of the week, let’s turn it…
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Why Changes in Airline Distribution Take So Long – A Look at What the Players Stand to Gain and Lose
Welcome back to the last post of Distribution Week here on The Cranky Flier. I know I’m getting really wonky here, and…
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A Vision of How Some Airlines Want to Sell You Tickets
It’s Distribution Week here on The Cranky Flier. Yesterday I wrote a brief history of how airlines sell tickets. Today it’s time…
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A Brief History of How Airlines Sell Tickets
Welcome to “Distribution Week” here on The Cranky Flier. Today I’m looking at a brief history of how airlines sell their tickets,…
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Delta Says It Wants a Better Online Purchasing Experience for Customers
I’m back from “vacation” (which I put in quotes, because I just ended up working on longer term projects the whole time…
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Cranky Around the Web (July 27 – 31)
I’m changing the name of my usual Saturday “This Week on BNET” posts starting this week. Instead of just focusing on my…