Orbitz to sell Virgin America tickets (AP via Yahoo! News)
Online travel company Orbitz Worldwide said Thursday it will sell tickets for the startup Virgin America airline on its orbitz.com and cheaptickets.com Web sites....more...Air NZ's software success paves way for more slick promotions (Stuff)
Bouyed by its success building its own Internet booking engine to sell airline tickets over the web, Air New Zealand has set up an Innovations and Ventures team within its information technology department to build the airline's online brand and "inspire people" to travel....more... Travel Troubleshooter: The reservation that wasn't (CNN.com)
Beth Zukowski books six airline tickets on AirTran Airways through Expedia. The online agency charges her a booking fee and bills her for flight protection insurance, but fails to buy her tickets. The reason? Her credit card was declined, it says. But her credit card company disputes the story. Now AirTran wants her to pay more than $200 extra to buy new tickets. What should she do?...more... Virgin America airline begins selling tickets today (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
SAN FRANCISCO Maverick airline Virgin America has begun to sell tickets today. It is giving travelers their first chance to book a trip on planes equipped to pamper passengers even when they aren't flying first-class....more... Concur Cliqbook Travel Becomes First Corporate Online Booking Tool to Employ Worldspan Rapid Reprice(R) Across ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Global travel technology provider Worldspan, L.P. and Concur, the world's leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services, jointly announced the deployment of Worldspan Rapid Reprice technology through Concur® Cliqbook Travel, a premier global travel booking tool....more... Virgin America announces routes, begins selling tickets (USA Today)
Start-up carrier Virgin America began selling tickets this morning around 6 a.m. ET. The tickets went on sale at www.virginamerica.com, from the airline's toll-free number (1-800-FLY-VIRGIN) and through some travel agencies, including Orbitz, according to USA TODAY. Virgin America's first... ...more... Southwest, JetBlue match Virgin America (Moldova.org)
Two U.S. airlines known for their discount fares responded to the birth of Virgin America by cutting prices.Virgin America, a relative of the British trans-Atlantic carrier Virgin Atlantic, began selling tickets Thursday for travel beginning Aug. 8. The airline is offering its promotional fares through November for travel through the beginning of 2008, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.We're ......more... Marine family fails to appear for claim against Seoul shop (Stars and Stripes)
SEOUL ? A mix-up over airplane tickets that led the U.S. Embassy Association Business Center to close its travel agency service hit another stumbling block in South Korean small claims court on Friday....more... The reservation that wasn't (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Beth Zukowski books six airline tickets on AirTran Airways through Expedia. The online agency charges her a booking fee and bills her for flight protection insurance, but fails to buy her tickets. The reason? Her credit card was declined, it says. But her credit card company disputes the story....more... |