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Avoid Delta and Atlanta
Apparently, you haven't either, because you still haven't given
me a flight and a date for which the fare will not drop between the moment the flight opens for booking and, say, 2 months out. For the final time - I cannot and will not do this. I don't have current access to a CRS, and I did say that NO FARE IS GUARANTEED TO BE THE CHEAPEST. Hilary, stop arguing with that clueless weasel. You are wasting your time. Pete |
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Avoid Delta and Atlanta
Look. I don't work as a TA right now
If you don't mind a personal question, why not? Did the Internet catch up with you, i.e. too many people making reservations on their own? If you are no longer a TA for personal reasons, just tell me "none of your business, Pete." Also, do you see the future for TAs as bleak as many think? Pete |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
Following up to just another American slave
Gee, if it's a choice between one or two measly little weeks per year in the US and a month in the UK 4 weeks iis the *minimum* in UK now, we book well in advance though to fit in with other people, if you have good leave you need to do that, cant leave the office empty for weeks! Nobody I know has to book leave at start of year although I have heard of places where you pick your main holiday weeks in order of seniority. -- Mike Reid Shetland, Yell and Unst "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/skyepics.htm#shetland" |
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Avoid Delta and Atlanta
Hilary wrote: [snip] There are plenty of in-betweens, but these are generally the two extremes for retail travel. Corporate travel is a different animal altogether. People sometimes have the strangest requirements, and are completely non-flexible about dates/routings. You need to have a good geographical knowlege, know their preferences and requirements, and be able to "flex" the rules to find out how to backtrack legally and which combination/s of airline/s will give them what they want at the best price with the least hassle. In short, I see TAs moving away from highstreet/cheapie stuff except for people without net access. But corporate travel is a good place to be (I was working corporate when I left). I've begun to notice a fair number of "specialists". I think the niche is still developing, but I've been dealing with one for some time. Basically they are resellers, collecting various tours and packaging them for resale. Not sure how it will all shake out, but travelers can still make use of folks with local knowledge and connections. And it isn't difficult to negotiate bulk discounts so that one is reselling at rates the individual net surfer can't access. |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
Al Czervik wrote: Bailey Legull wrote: [snip] All this without realizing the French work 35 hours a week, get three weeks off per year, and take two hours off at lunch to DRINK. Yeah, that's stupid all right. America *is* Number One -- in hours worked per person per week. French unemployment rate: 10% US unemployment rate: 5% Well..... You realize those numbers aren't measured the same way right? |
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My issue with DL ( Avoid Delta and Atlanta)
DL seems to have this idea that nobody would ever wish to SLEEP while
traveling with them. Passengers on their SJC-ATL red-eye are subject to movies and in-flight video "entertainment" through most of the flight, even though the vast majority are pulling blankets over their heads and trying to shield their eyes from the flickering screen. No chance of grabbing any naps while connecting at ATL either - all the terminals are brightly lit 7/24, have repeated announcements over the PA, muzak and TV's blaring around the clock. The only reason I would fly Delta at all is because I can get NW miles - CO is a much preferable alternative. :O| "Rog'" wrote in message . .. wrote: In the particular case of airline and and airport, Delta is no worse than any other major US airline; bankrupcy or no bankrupcy. I was recently on an Air France flight where... = I agree. Extrapolating one bad experience, like one marriage, to an entire fleet (or gender) don't make a whole lot of sense, without a valid statistical sample. As for checking in luggage, yes, you have to get it weighted and then you have to carry it yourself for TSA inspection. But this has nothing to do with Delta -- it's a federal requirement. All other airlines in the US are currently obliged to do the same. = At Virgin Atlantic in Orlando, I had to hand carry my luggage out the door we just came in to hand it off to a screener. With Virgin, like most airlines, allowing online check-in, at least we didn't have to wait in the 1.5-hour line. It was well worth the inconveniece of finding an internet service at my destination for our return flight. Besides, that way, I could lord it over the fools in the long-line and feel superior to them, even tho I was in the same sardine-class cabin. |
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My issue with DL ( Avoid Delta and Atlanta)
"Stan de SD" wrote:
DL seems to have this idea that nobody would ever wish to SLEEP while traveling with them. Passengers on their SJC-ATL red-eye are subject to movies and in-flight video "entertainment" through mostt... God forbid that an airline should actually provide entertainment for insomniacs, who would alternatively, complain about the lack of same. ... the vast majority are pulling blankets over their heads and trying to shield their eyes from the flickering screen. Ever hear of eye-shades or dark glasses? No chance of grabbing any naps while connecting at ATL either - all the terminals are brightly lit 7/24, have repeated announcements over the PA, muzak and TV's blaring around the clock... Perhaps they do not want you to sleep thru the boarding of your next flight? Alternatively, we'd hear complaints about how dark and lifeless it is. |
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My issue with DL ( Avoid Delta and Atlanta)
Stan de SD wrote:
DL seems to have this idea that nobody would ever wish to SLEEP while traveling with them. It is a question of airline philosophy. An airline whose core operations are trans pacific flights will have a core personality/philosophy that includes dealing properly with long ahuls and overnight flights and this transcends to all their operations. But an airline whose core operations are domestic or relatively short/medium haul flight will not see its few true long haul influence service levels for the rest of the airline. It is also a battle of marketing. If you run some overnight flight with "lights out" to let people sleep, some people will bitch that there was no movie/service and that they couldn't sleep. And that looks bad despite being the right thing to do. Remember that some people are not used to overnight flighst and cannot sleep on aircraft, so they need to be kept entertained. (But there are still ways to show a movie with the lights out, still ways to serve meal/drinks right after takeoff to allow the most shut eye afterwards. But it is a question of the service managers setting such policies and ensuring crews are aware of them. |
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Avoid Delta and Atlanta
"Hilary" wrote And it seems that most people don't want to check prices every day for months just in case they can save a tenner or so. This is true. And for those who are willing to check prices frequently -- I don't know what all airlines do, but with United, if you buy a fare and then you see it go down, call United and ask them to give you a travel voucher for the difference. Don't other airlines do this as well? I only know about United because that's the airline I worked for. I wouldn't hesitate to book early on United because I know if the fare goes down I can get the difference back to apply to future travel. |
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Avoid Delta and Atlanta
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:21:17 GMT, "bunny"
wrote: "Hilary" wrote And it seems that most people don't want to check prices every day for months just in case they can save a tenner or so. This is true. And for those who are willing to check prices frequently -- I don't know what all airlines do, but with United, if you buy a fare and then you see it go down, call United and ask them to give you a travel voucher for the difference. Don't other airlines do this as well? I only know about United because that's the airline I worked for. I wouldn't hesitate to book early on United because I know if the fare goes down I can get the difference back to apply to future travel. I want to get the lower price posted for the flight i am taking--not a future trip. Every time I have found a lower price they tell me --sorry all the tickets at that price are sold out for your flight. Even if I call the minute the lower price it listed I still get the same line. |
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