Squirrel83 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 3084 times:
irTran Holdings Inc., parent of AirTran Airways, said on Friday that it will no longer make its inventory and fares available for sale with Expedia Inc., which runs on-line travel agency Expedia.com.
The low-cost carrier said it had entered a multiyear deal with Cendant Corp. to sell tickets through its Apollo and Galileo travel sites. An AirTran spokeswoman said the new deal is an extension of an ongoing relationship with Cendant companies.
SFOMEX From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days ago) and read 3032 times:
Quoting Squirrel83 (Thread starter): The low-cost carrier said it had entered a multiyear deal with Cendant Corp. to sell tickets through its Apollo and Galileo travel sites
Do they have a website like Expedia, open for everybody?
Aviaction From Germany, joined Nov 2003, 256 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 2976 times:
SFOMEX,
yes, they sure do. Amongst them are Orbitz, Cheap Tickets and ebookers. Cendant have been "collecting" companies in the travel biz (hotels, tour operators, travel agencies) like crazy. Check their website cendant.com - you'll be in for a big surprise seeing how many household names are part of this conglomerate.
N801NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 741 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2906 times:
They decided to do this because AirTran is pulling out of the WorldSpan GDS, which Expedia relies on. Although Expedia did sign a deal for Sabre to be a secondary source and AT is staying in Sabre. AT will still be on Traveocity.
DarthRandall From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 302 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2823 times:
I heard about this yesterday. This is great news for the sales and customer support departments at Expedia. We may never have to deal with paper tickets or delivery fees for domestic flights again! My job just got better. Of course corporate is going to hurt for it. We used to buy a lot of their seats.
Ninjas can kill anyone they want! Ninjas cut off heads all the time and don't even think twice about it.
LTBEWR From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12331 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2716 times:
It is ironic that Cendent Corp., which owns parts of Avis car rental, Century 21 Real Estate, hotel/motel chains, and various consumer marketing companies is planning to break up into 4 companies. At least AirTran is transferring business to another e-booking company.
WDBRR From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 604 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2709 times:
Could it be because Delta owns part of Worldspan and therefore Expedia uses this for their primary inventory? Maybe AirTran doesn't want their full inventory in view of a direct competitor? (Remember AA, Braniff and Sabre?)
N801NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 741 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 2559 times:
WorldSpan is now owned by WorldSpan Technologies, Inc. It's a venture between the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and CitiCorp.
BigOrange From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 2358 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 2488 times:
Quoting N801NW (Reply 3): Although Expedia did sign a deal for Sabre to be a secondary source
There is currently a lawsuit between Expedia and Sabre, because although they signed a deal, they have never used Sabre and are now trying to get out of the contract.
KarlB737 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2926 posts, RR: 9 Reply 9, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 2385 times:
Rjnut From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 1166 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 2307 times:
Actually folks,
This is a story worth watching...It will very telling if Airtrans's booking take a considerable drop....It could happen!
DarthRandall From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 302 posts, RR: 4 Reply 11, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2174 times:
Quoting BigOrange (Reply 8): There is currently a lawsuit between Expedia and Sabre, because although they signed a deal, they have never used Sabre and are now trying to get out of the contract.
Quoting KarlB737 (Reply 9): Courtesy: Tampa Bay Business Journal
Indy From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 4368 posts, RR: 9 Reply 12, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 2121 times:
So other than airtran.com where can you get their tickets online?
EA CO AS From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 12559 posts, RR: 64 Reply 13, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 2116 times:
Quoting KarlB737 (Reply 9): AirTran's Claim It Dumped Expedia.Com Disputed
Girls, stop - you're both pretty...
[Edited 2005-11-01 23:45:13]
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem - government IS the problem." - Ronald Reagan
Tornado82 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (7 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 2099 times:
Quoting EA CO AS (Reply 13):
Girls, stop - you're both pretty...
HAHAHAHA!! Thanks man, I was having a bad day that was a real knee-slapper there!
Isn't this kinda stupid? Expedia, IMHO, is the best booking agent out there, and the only one I'd ever think of using even though here at ABE prices never change from high, higher, and highest anyways. Yeah, Southwest has gotten away without using these for years, but they have more of a "cult following" if you will than Airtran. And we all know how FlyI struggled to sell tickets, and many of us partially blamed it on the same stuff.
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