bye to easysabre
 

I find that I use easysabre to get the lowest fares and then construct rather elaborate itineraries, taking advantage of stopovers, extra miles, etc. Also, to eliminate the hassle of waiting for agents on the phone to understand what I want. (just give them straight the flights I want to book)

Do you think they're eliminating easysabre so that this can no longer be done -- i.e. to make it harder to take advantage of what can be taken advantage of? Or is it really just a "service upgrade"? Somehow, I don't see an outrageous cost involved in keeping this system available to us?

astro - you may want to check out these threads as well for some discussions about the demise of Easy Sabre:

see:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/000995.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/001292.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/001112.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/001132.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/001158.html

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According to Terry Jones, the president of Travelocity.com, easySabre simply does not sell that many tickets, at least compared to Travelocity. He himself likes it as much as we do, but it is costing them money. He is looking at the possibility of continuing it as a paid service, so when you call to complain (and you should), you should express some willingness to start paying for it. He declined my offer to post his phone number, but you can probably find him through the AMR switchboard (817)963-1234. Write me if you want to call him and can't find the number.