Originally Posted by
BungeeJmp
Just thought I'd share my experiences. I, too, used EAASY SABRE when I as on Q-Link. I didn't have a fancy PC, this was my Commodore 64 with 300 baud modem (though I did move to 1200 before demise.)
Anyway, I am pretty certain I only ever used it to book one flight. That was to book my on-line girlfriend a trip to visit. Ah, youth
Ah, QuantumLink. FYI, it originally did not have EZS when I joined in the early 80s. When a friend of mine told me that Compuserve had a service that allowed you to book your own airline tickets, I ran to a Barnes and Noble for a sign-up pack. In those days, CI$, I believe was around $12 an hour.
Originally Posted by
RobbieRunner
Great thread. Especially for those of us a little longer in the traveling tooth.
YES, I remember Easy SABRE. I used it a lot. Also, I was a very early adopter of Compuserve.
With my TRS Model 3. 1980? 81? That I can't quite remember.
I was on Compuserve every night at 300 and then 1200 baud (wow! 1200 baud! Smokin'!) before going with an IBM machine.
Easy SABRE was awesome. Back then, I typically used American Express for travel. I lived in an area of NY that had an AMEX office near my office. They knew something was wrong when I stopped coming in weekly and booking travel. They asked me, "Are you doing things on your computer?" Funny. Yes, I was "Doing Things" on my computer.
I remember executing my first travel itinerary on SABRE. I also remember, now that someone mentioned it, my COMPUSERVE ID. XXXXX,XXXX. It popped into my head for the first time since the 80's. I think I went from Compuserve to Prodigy around 1990. Don't hold me to the dates. Too long ago.
Thanks for the stroll down travel/computer/good-ole-days lane!
Remember the access command for Sabre on CI$? It was
not Go Easy. Bonus points if you know what Go Easy got you on CI$.
By the way, I had my EAASY Sabre account linked to Amex Travel so if I needed a ticket in a hurry (remember, no OLC or electronic tickets then), I could call then with the PNR and they would issue and FedEx the ticket to me.
Was the first digit of your CI$ id a 7 or a 1?