Originally Posted by
quartermoon
This is huge. I never understood it anyway. A ticket sold is a ticket sold. What was the advantage to Continental by forcing you to buy it at their website?
Besides as already noted (TA's to receive a small "booking fee") the GDS's are a very EXPENSIVE method of distribution, co.com is co's lowest cost method of distribution and I completely understand their desire to push traffic to it (very similar to Hilton's policy for earning points is designed to push traffic to their inhouse distribution channels)