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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: OAG
Message-ID: <829@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 12:07:04 EST
Article-I.D.: cylixd.829
Posted: Wed Mar  5 12:07:04 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Mar-86 07:20:37 EST
Reply-To: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Organization: RCA Cylix Communications , Memphis, TN
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I would not use OAG for reservations. I prefer to go through a travel
agency, for the following reasons.

(1) It costs nothing extra to use a travel agency. They don't charge
    you for the service; the airlines subsidise your convenience.

(2) Many travel agencies have a deal with certain airlines where the
    agent can give you not only a ticket but also a boarding pass.

(3) You get a few freebies, such as $150,000 travel life insurance
    (wow, big whoop, 25 cents worth :-) automatically, just for being
    their customer.

(4) You can pick up your tickets and/or boarding pass at the agency;
    if the agency has a deal with the company where you work, you can
    sometimes get them to deliver it straight to you. I don't like to
    wait at airline ticket counters at the airports or trust U. S.
    Snail.

(5) If something screws up, you've got someone flesh and blood to
    gripe at. I have never known my travel agency to goof anything up,
    although I always double-check them.

(6) You can get free advice and information. Most travel agents are
    quite talkative and helpful, especially when you just walk in
    knowing exactly what flight you want.

I do use OAG to find the best rates, because travel agencies are
notorious for not being able to list flights by fare. There is, of
course, no incentive for them to do so; they would prefer that you
take first class, if they had their 'druthers.

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Dave Kirby    ( ...!ihnp4!akgua!cylixd!dave)