Continental Airlines has signed a contract for Super Dupe Snooper, an enhancement to its Automated Flight Firming services. Super Dupe Snooper provides Continental the means to detect and remove duplicate reservations, reducing the variability of no-show levels. It compares all new passenger records (PNR) to existing passenger records in the Continental Airlines' database, looking for identical or similar names. When these names are identified, the itinerary logic compares the itineraries to determine if there is any overlap, duplication or if the itineraries are nonchronological. It also identifies a "duplicate" between a PNR with one person and a PNR with more than one person, and will reduce and divide the record accordingly.....

MisterNice

I read this announcement....
I assume the remarks about "nonchronological" refer to nested, back to back itineraries?

Now I don't have to worry about someone with an identical or similar name goin' my way.

They're out to get you dudes:
Read all about it!

[This message has been edited by snake (edited Jan 14, 2004).]

I can see father and son with similar or identical names getting seriously hassled by this.

I wonder if this will check the partner airlines also.

If I have a back to back booked through CO and NW, can the system check by name and/or FF number?

You know, if I was marketing this kind of thing I would call it "Global Crush" or "Thyme Machine" or "Itineranz" or something.

"Super Dupe Snooper" just doesn't seem to inspire confidence in the passengers, does it?

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"It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity..."

Talk about lack of confidence in passengers, did you read the .pdf file? This is "part of AAI's Predator(TM) suite of products."

As far as back-to-back is concerned, the first "feature" listed in the summary is "Finds duplicate, back-to-back and non-chronological itineraries."

Yeah, but they ain't selling it to the pax.

We're the enemy, ain't we?

Ah, yes, snake, I quite understand.

But this is the "information" age. It is foolish of a corporation to think that this sort of detail will not become public knowledge.

I expect they have calculated that it will only leak to our sort of trivial bulletin board.

Imagine if it was the lead story on YAHOO! tomorrow....

THAT is why I would have picked a different name -- the small chance it would become a big story.

Was this the big announcement that was due . Seriously though I would think they want word to get out if only as a deterent to those of us who bend the rules on dup bookings etc (not me of course ).

Yea -- then they could trial the software, make a big announcement to scare the offenders off, and never have to implement it ;-)

[This message has been edited by xyzzy (edited Jan 14, 2004).]

Another reason not to fly CO. They do not trust me and I certainly do not trust them.

A great business relationship!

I thought normally they just steal the software from their vendors....isn't that how they got the code for their website? I remember some big deal about that last year.

Zip I assume they will ignore refundable tickets? After all, isn't that one of the benefits, being able to book a couple possible itineraries, then cancel the ones not needed when you determine your best itinerary? You certainly pay a premium for this benefit.

Oh how very true!