Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-vgr!ron From: ron@brl-vgr.ARPA Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: UNITED cancelations Message-ID: <195@brl-vgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 24-Jun-84 12:23:19 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.195 Posted: Sun Jun 24 12:23:19 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jun-84 03:12:58 EDT References: <880@tekchips.UUCP> <1188@drux3.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 6 A not uncommon airline practice is to make you change airplanes even on direct or (occasionally) non-stop flights. The reason they do this is simple. They have to get that plane to one of their service centers and it is more profitable to fly it with passengers in it than emtpy. -Ron