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From: DevilsPGD on 25 Oct 2007 23:38
In message <93f4$4720fd18$cef8887a$26577(a)TEKSAVVY.COM> Nobody
<nobody(a)nobody.org> wrote:

>Once you understand how these systems work, then you understand why they
>come to you at the last minute with a "sorry that fare isn't available".

Sure -- What I object to is that once they determine a fare isn't
available, they later show that same fare as being available again.

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From: mrtravel on 26 Oct 2007 02:33
DevilsPGD wrote:

> In message <251020071052374832%newbie(a)no.spam> Newbie <newbie(a)no.spam>
> wrote:
>
>
>>bertbarndoor <bertbarndoor(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>: What the hell, you do a search, you get the price, you click on it,
>>: and then it goes up $300. How annoying is this? What a waste of time.
>>
>>Yes it is frustrating, but travelocity is a global company, not your
>>neighborhood desk, and it is entirely possible that someone could have
>>bought those cheaper seats in the meantime.
>
>
> I've also seen it on routes where I am fairly certain that no one else
> was buying -- I tend to book flights at 3 or 4 in the morning,

Not that I disagree with some of the other stuff you are saying, but
when it is 3 or 4 in the morning where you are, it is NOT 3 or 4 in the
morning in most other places.
From: Brian on 26 Oct 2007 15:04
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:38:48 -0600, DevilsPGD
<spam_narf_spam(a)crazyhat.net> wrote:


>Sure -- What I object to is that once they determine a fare isn't
>available, they later show that same fare as being available again.

One time I kept searching for a fare. A number of times it would show
the lower fare but I could never book it. This occurred over a period
of weeks.

From: DevilsPGD on 27 Oct 2007 02:50
In message <RZmdnVUcMdfOF7zanZ2dnUVZ_rfinZ2d(a)comcast.com> mrtravel
<mrtravel(a)a.a.a> wrote:

>Not that I disagree with some of the other stuff you are saying, but
>when it is 3 or 4 in the morning where you are, it is NOT 3 or 4 in the
>morning in most other places.

True. However, it is statistically likely that when I am searching for
a flight between a couple smaller cities that are relatively close,
there aren't a whole ton of Aussies searching that route.

Well that, plus I described how I identified that no one else was
searching that same route through Travelocity at that moment.

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From: midcopkg on 29 Oct 2007 14:22
On Oct 26, 11:50 pm, DevilsPGD <spam_narf_s...(a)crazyhat.net> wrote:
> In message <RZmdnVUcMdfOF7zanZ2dnUVZ_rfin...(a)comcast.com> mrtravel
>
> <mrtra...(a)a.a.a> wrote:
> >Not that I disagree with some of the other stuff you are saying, but
> >when it is 3 or 4 in the morning where you are, it is NOT 3 or 4 in the
> >morning in most other places.
>
> True. However, it is statistically likely that when I am searching for
> a flight between a couple smaller cities that are relatively close,
> there aren't a whole ton of Aussies searching that route.
>
> Well that, plus I described how I identified that no one else was
> searching that same route through Travelocity at that moment.
>
> --
> You can get more with a kind word and a 2x4 than just a kind word.

Travelocity is no better than any other travel site, really. I just
saw an article by a guy who was a travel agent and fired for no
apparent reason. So he's getting revenge by posting everything he has
learned on the inside for the general public to see. It's amazing
what he's telling, how to get cheaper everything! There are so many
tricks to the travel biz and he's doing this on purpose. But there is
no way he can be shut up. See it at: www.columbinetravel.biz and see
what you think too. I'll use his tips from now on to get cheaper
everything.

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