|
|
Most airlines today choose to make web fares available only on their own websites, because these fares are so low it would be uneconomic to offer them through the higher cost channels. (It is, in fact, very common throughout the retailing world for stores or catalogs to also have a website, and for that website to offer a few prices that are below the prices charged for the same goods in the store or the catalog.) However whether an airline chooses to make its web fares available through CRS''s to travel agents and the websites that rely on CRS''s is strictly an individual airline decision, and will remain so once Orbitz is up and running. Several third party websites (such as intellitrip.com) today take web fares from various airline websites (which they can do, because nothing lasvegashotelrooms is more public than a website) and display them in one place for their customers. And of course travel agents can book web fares off an airline''s website for a customer if they wish (although whether they get a commission on that booking is up to the individual airline). Airlines make nearly all their fares that are available to the general public available through all channels, from full fare down to their most heavily discounted fares. Any normal fare, made available months in advance in the normal way, is made available through all channels. Web fares, however, are different than normal fares. They typically constitute less than one tenth of 1% of the fares an airline offers, and are normally made available only a few days before flight time, and only on flights which have an unusually high number of empty seats. Web fares thus are seldom available, are unpredictable, and are offered at very low prices. We will revolutionize planning and booking travel online. The ideal starting place for all your journeys, either across the ocean lasvegashotelrooms or to the town next door. Using our unique search technology, you lasvegashotelrooms will have access to comprehensive fares from nearly every airline in the world, over 450 of them in fact. Access to the widest selection of car rental and lodging providers. And if you fancy a life on the high seas, we will help you find the perfect cruise, too. Land, sea or air, a galaxy of travel options is yours to command. We are taking a new approach to customer care proactive care. We’ll work with you to ensure that your travel goes smoothly from planning and booking to bringing you back home. We know travel can be taxing, and that problems can happen. Sometimes you just need someone in your corner. When those times come, we will be there for you.
|