Orbitz — owned by American, Continental, Delta, Northwest and United — charges a $10 mailing fee for second-day delivery and $15 for overnight delivery, according to Ken Hooper, a spokesman. Travelocity, 70 percent owned by the Sabre reservations system, provides only overnight delivery and charges $10 for it, according to Jim Marsicano, a spokesman. Expedia, whose majority ownership is held by Microsoft, charges $10.99 for overnight delivery of a paper ticket, according to Christina Kozloff, the company's product manager.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/travel/24PRAC.html
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``The US carriers, as a result of the use of the Internet, have lost all control of pricing of their product,'' said Julius Maldutis, an analyst with CIBC World Markets.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010625/n25244803_2.html
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