Hello FlyerTalk Members - - -

How about letting the Star Alliance Help Desk at [email protected] know how you feel about the discontinuation of the Star Alliance .pdf Timetable??

I travel extensively around the world using RTW tickets and have found the then most current Star Alliance .pdf timetable to be invaluable asset, especially in the case of delayed or cancelled flights. In several instances these timetables on my laptop have assisted passengers, and even crew, of Star Alliance flights in finding alternate flights in the event of delays and cancellations. For this reason I've always had a copy of the latest .pdf timetable with me when I travel.

The .pdf timetable is also a great resource when it comes to trip planning and being able to see in one place all *A cities and flights. Without this resource it's going to make future trip planning more difficult.

I just received a response from the Star Alliance Help Desk at [email protected] as to what has happened to the .pdf timetable. I got the exact same reply as ottone did in posting #3 above. Too much cost says the reply and very few users of these .pdf timetables. If cheltzel is right in posting #6 above and it takes 10 to 20 hours a month to produce a .pdf timetable what would this cost? $1,000? $2,000? $3,000?

For an organization the size of Star Alliance, I can't imagine the cost of producing a once-a-month timetable is much at all. Perhaps *A could defray costs by selling more advertisements?? Furthermore I have been unable to run the PC(star.exe, 4.7mb timetable program) on my Windows 7 based computer. Is anyone else experiencing problems with the star.exe program?

So, with *A offering timetables for Palm OS, what's next? New paper timetables that only require one tree for each timetable?

Hope with enough communication from FlyerTalk members that Star Alliance will reverse its position.