MisterNice
Nov 16, 03, 4:39 pm
A major outfit upgrades their booking system. First is Fare Calendar Shopping, introduced in May and available on the Web site's of the AAA's roughly 80 chapters, which lists the cheapest travel dates within a 90-day range.
The second new feature allows those searching for international flights to review fares from consolidators, companies that buy tickets in bulk from airlines and resell them at low rates. According to Lee Granger, managing director of AAA Travel Technology, the consolidator option is available at only a handful of AAA chapter sites, but will reach more members in the near future.
Other features will follow soon, said Mr. Granger, including improvements to the organization's hotel booking engine. With that upgrade, due by the year's end, visitors to the AAA sites will be offered discount hotel rates that have been negotiated by AAA and its business partners like Travel Web.com. Visitors need not be AAA members to use these services. www.aaa.com (http://www.aaa.com)
MisterNice
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The second new feature allows those searching for international flights to review fares from consolidators, companies that buy tickets in bulk from airlines and resell them at low rates. According to Lee Granger, managing director of AAA Travel Technology, the consolidator option is available at only a handful of AAA chapter sites, but will reach more members in the near future.
Other features will follow soon, said Mr. Granger, including improvements to the organization's hotel booking engine. With that upgrade, due by the year's end, visitors to the AAA sites will be offered discount hotel rates that have been negotiated by AAA and its business partners like Travel Web.com. Visitors need not be AAA members to use these services. www.aaa.com (http://www.aaa.com)
MisterNice
[This message has been edited by MisterNice (edited Nov 16, 2003).]