composing a DONE4 itinerary
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Originally Posted by SLF
Perceived wisdom here is not to use open dated sectors; if in doubt simply make dated bookings towards the end of the 12 month ticket validity period. For OWE tickets, date changes are free, so once you know the real dates you can simply pull it forwards. Best not to use an open dated sector for a variety of reasons.
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Originally Posted by jerry a. laska
I think some of us here would disagree with these statements. See, e.g., this post and this post and this thread for a discussion.
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Originally Posted by jerry a. laska
I think some of us here would disagree with these statements. See, e.g., this post and this post and this thread for a discussion.
This thread is now nearly two years old; perhaps the airlines have improved their systems now and some of the issues which caused problems in the past have been fixed? Me, I'm certainly in the "dated" camp now.
Thanks for pointing the debate, it's not nearly as clear cut as I'd thought.
Last edited by SLF; Aug 3, 2006 at 1:47 pm