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Recently, what American calls a commercial dispute, has lead the carrier to discontinue its relationship with Orbitz. Then Expedia announced nevada travel brochures it could not come to terms with American and was dropping American from its offerings.
A subsequent dispute between American and Sabre does not as immediately impact those headed to the snow, but could in the longer term. Sabre is what is called a Global Distribution System, meaning it keeps real time track of all seats available on many airlines worldwide, and the fares for those seats.
Last week, a Texas judge ordered Sabre not to carry out its threatened actions against American Airlines. The carrier had gone to court on the issue, and received a temporary restraining nevada travel brochures order against Sabre; this remains in effect until the court can hear the whole case.
Kate Hanni who founded and operates the non-profit Flyersrights said, The AA fuss could well become the worst thing ever to happen to air travelers. nevada travel brochures AA is attempting to control the market nevada travel brochures by eliminating nevada travel brochures the middleman but travelers should have the right to a middleman if they so choose. Flyersrights clearly admires Orbitz for calling AA s bluff and we hope the flying public continues to book travel through Orbitz, thereby boycotting AA.
Charlie Leocha of the Consumer Travel nevada travel brochures Alliance told OnTheSnow, There is no consumer silver lining in AA s misguided, almost Monty Python-esque, do-it-our-way-or-the-highway campaign. It is anti-consumer and will only make buying an airline ticket a bigger hassle nevada travel brochures than it already nevada travel brochures is. American appears to have no idea why we fly. We fly to get from point A to point B in the most convenient and cost-effective manner possible. We don t fly to be manipulated nevada travel brochures by proprietary airline reservation systems that limit our choices, prevent comparison shopping, nevada travel brochures and hide the real cost of travel.
Evan Konwiser, a co-founder of FlightCaster wrote on that blog, But what is really going on here? Is this about fees? Is it about control? Is it about technology costs? A little of each, of course. But let me say what everyone is thinking deep down inside but few want to admit: American Airlines is right. Expedia, Orbitz, Travelport, and Sabre are wrong.
For the online travel agency and global distribution nevada travel brochures system worlds, this is about protecting legacy, antiquated, unfortunate business models from technology that can cheaply and directly provide for us. This is like a tobacco company nevada travel brochures lobbying against anti-smoking because it ll hurt their profits, even if it s good for the public. (Yes, I just went there, and no, I don t work for American, I don t even fly them much.)
Derek DeCross, vice president-sales for American said the company regrets any inconvenience this may cause our customers. While we could not reach an agreement with Orbitz, we are committed to letting customers know of the multitude nevada travel brochures of options they have to purchase travel on American Airlines. In today s competitive marketplace, it is important for American to be free to customize its product offerings to improve the customer experience as well as distribute its products in a way that does not result nevada travel brochures in unnecessary costs.
American also continues to provide its fare content to travel agency partners, both through global distribution systems and through American s own direct connection technology that is powered by Farelogix.
American Airlines issued a statement calling Sabre s actions discriminatory and patently inconsistent with both its contractual obligations and its professed goal of ensuring full transparency for the benefit of consumers and travel agents. In contrast, the actions only serve to protect Sabre s market nevada travel brochures position and attempt to force airlines and travel agencies to rely exclusively on its legacy systems that only lead to higher fares and fewer choices for consumers.
"American Airlines and American Eagle fares and schedules - including all international and domestic classes of service - are widely available through a number of outlets, including American's own website, AA.com, which features our Lowest Fare Guarantee, as well as through American's reservations agents, thousands of travel agencies in locations worldwide, online travel agencies such as Priceline.com and metasearch engines such as Kayak.com."
Bryan Darrow, speaking for Expedia said, We have been unable to reach an agreement with American Airlines due to American Airlines new commercial strategy that we believe is anti-consumer and anti-choice. American Airlines is attempting to introduce a new direct connect model that will result in higher costs and reduced transparency for consumers, making it difficult to compare American Airlines ticket prices and options with offerings by other airlines. American Airlines direct connect nevada travel brochures model is of questionable, if any, benefit to travelers, would be costly to build and maintain and would compromise travel nevada travel brochures agents ability nevada travel brochures to provide travelers with the best selection.
We cannot support nevada travel brochures efforts that we believe are fundamentally bad for travelers. With or without American Airlines inventory, we have a robust supply base and broad array of choices for our customers and we continue to offer hundreds of flight options for the routes served nevada travel brochures by American Airlines.
Brian Hoyt at Orbitz said, It is unfortunate that as of December 21, American Airline flights will no longer be available on our Orbitz.com and Orbitz for Business sites. We are confident that our consumer value proposition remains strong. Orbitz Worldwide has access to hundreds of airlines globally and sells tens of millions of air tickets each year.
Orbitz Worldwide is one of the largest travel companies in the world. We will continue to seek an arrangement with American Airlines to distribute American s tickets on Orbitz.com and Orbitz for Business. For the most recent four quarters that we have announced from the fourth quarter of 2009 through the third quarter of 2010 Orbitz Worldwide generated over $800MM of sales for American Airlines.