They include both screenshots of fare advertisements on the Web and transcripts of phone calls with ticket agents.
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One of his best customers was the union representing ticket agents, which bought 2, 000 or so calendars a year.
As well as eliminated jobs of bank tellers, ticket agents and checkout cashiers.
But the real benefit to the lounges is that the airline staffs them with some of its best and friendliest ticket agents.
There was a profusion of exceptions, including religious holidays like Ash Wednesday and the Solemnity of the Ascension, but nobody, including ticket agents, seemed to know them all.
Small ticket agents would be exempt, according to the Department.
Under the proposed air travel rule, airlines would be required to make their Web sites accessible over a two-year period, and ensure that their ticket agents do the same.
Worries over whether the Olympics would be safe and the venues finished also apparently cut into tourist sales, with American ticket agents saying they ordered 30 percent less tickets than Sydney.
That's a nice bonus, as long as they avoid problems of Feb. 29, 2008, when United Airlines suffered a systemwide crash of its automated check-in kiosks, forcing passengers to queue up for ticket agents.
American Airlines, owned by parent AMR Corporation, has picked up an antitrust battle against Sabre Holdings, a global distribution system that provides flight data to third-party ticket agents and websites, saying its business practices are anti-competitive and not in the interest of the consumer.
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The EU list is supposed to be brought to the attention of customers by travel agents, both at ticket sales offices and on their Web sites, EU officials said.
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