Originally Posted by
Transpacificflyer
Perhaps attributable to such an option competing with the airlines vested interests in some of the proprietary systems which travel agents use? The agents pay subscription fees for the software and if the public could bypass the agents, all those travel agents from Betsy Boop to Expedia would be out some money.
Yeah, because I'm sure my mom would go to ITA, pull out the fare codes, and plug those in to an advanced booking engine
I bet most people would have trouble with anything more complicated than a round-trip, and can't even use websites like Expedia for "simple" trips like an open jaw.