The company runs travel reservation systems such as Galileo, and consumer travel websites such as Orbitz.
United and Continental merged in 2010, but the two carriers still operate on separate reservation systems.
This will also help to offset the loss of sales from old-style industry reservation systems.
He popularised frequent-flyer programmes, computer-reservation systems and the yield-management systems that tell airlines how much to charge for particular seats.
Its reservation systems were restored by 4:30 p.m. but the company said passengers could expect delays and cancellations throughout the day.
They share reservation systems so that if a flight is delayed or cancelled passengers can safely rebook on another (yes competitive) airline.
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But they don't let reservation systems and online ticket sellers to combine those ultracheap fares with connecting flights in a single transaction.
The other was to set the reservation systems free to become (as the airlines see it) profit-gobbling monsters that devour their parents.
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American's reservation systems are operated by the technology company Sabre, which told CNN that its systems were functioning but American had trouble connecting.
Or the way normal folks zip through airline-reservation systems that are wonderfully simple on the surface yet are profoundly complex on the inside.
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In 2007, following the merger of US Airways and America West Airlines, the integration of the carriers' reservation systems caused the airline's check-in kiosks to crash across the country.
Mr. Harrell studied fares for peak travel periods summertime and found the lowest price loaded into reservation systems starts high and comes down for several months before moving higher closer to departure.
Oh and not screwing up the merged reservation systems.
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Under the likely deal, designated American and Japanese airlines will be able to link their trans-Pacific services to flights provided by third-country carriers, sharing flight numbers and even aircraft and reservation systems.
As I said, when things go bad, you need someone in your corner to advocate for you, someone with both knowledge and access to the reservation systems, and you certainly cannot count on the airlines, even if you are a loyal longtime regular customer.
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For every route, airlines load a dozen or more different fares into reservation systems and then pick which one applies to a specific flight at a specific time, usually based on how well that flight is selling and what the airline expects in demand for seats, including demand from business travelers who book later.
They were also censured for their "unacceptable" provision for disabled travellers and for operating minimal reservation and ticketing systems which are unable to cope when mistakes have been made.
What differentiates them is whether their systems require proprietary hardware and software, the level of control restaurants maintain over the reservation process and how restaurants pay for the service.
T. systems offered solutions as simple as buying a book, booking travel or making a restaurant reservation online and he wondered why that was the case.
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