Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
Thanks for the quick and detailed reply, Fred. A couple of things, --
I'm curious about this. Airlines stopped paying regular commissions to travel agents decades ago, and I'm unaware of any overage commissions on xONEx tickets.
I'm missing something here, or perhaps I misunderstood you. For domestic U.S. flights on these tickets, I don't worry about connections. I just book them flight by flight to get exactly the connections I want, rather than the ones that AA serves up as options.
I am reasonably certain she added enough to cover here expenses etc. she did in the past. Though she may (or may not) have a $$ volume agreement with UL which would affect overall percentages.
As for US segments, AA has almost NO D class with connections (even PHX) between DEN and TUS (A United nonstop). Well at least at the end of September. And since Mrs WF will be flying that route solo, and even with assistance, a minimum of 2-3 hours at the connecting airport and not starting before 0800 was a requirement. Alaska Airlines is/was definitely "out of the way" but the time xONEx rules and the timings permitted it.
Continue with the wandering
Fred