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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 6:23 pm
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Sabai
 
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Originally Posted by grahampros
But far worse at UA. DL/NW was a far better merger integration then UA/CO has been so far. It died down fairly quickly on DL, with credit due to a smooth integration relative to UA.
With the glaring exception that DL kept its legacy Goobermatic technology.

NW certainly had its shortcomings, but it was decades ahead of Delta in realizing the value of, and ROI on, having a customer-friendly web interface and a functional booking engine.

To COBDAUA's credit, they bit the bullet upfront and went with CO's superior customer facing systems. I can seamlessly book a TG award flight on UA.COM; good luck trying to redeem your pesos with VN on Delta.dumb.

Almost 5 years after the anschulss, and despite what Bob Kupbens may posit, DL's IT is still crap.
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