Originally Posted by
gegarrenton
Good for DL. I applauded AA trying to cut out the waste of third parties, and I hope DL does it even better.
I don't think I like this approach.
1. It gives airlines too much control. We all know that travel agents and even some websites such as kayak give you more control over the fares that are available for purchase. Airlines want to force the higher fares, more inconvenient flights, etc.
2. DL's reservation system sucks, big time. Third party sites (orbitz, travelocity, etc) offer options that DL's system is too stupid to come up with.