Word: ticketless
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...airline. And while the labor situation seems to wax touchier and more problematic each day, airlines are also turning to more empirical ways to save money. These include setting up ticket "distribution channels" that bypass travel agents. By selling directly to consumers, they avoid commissions. Many have implemented ticketless travel, and some are offering discounted weekend and other specialty fares on the Internet...
Sometimes the tribe acts like Attila's. Last month violence erupted in Indianapolis, Indiana, when ticketless Heads stormed a fence around the venue. A few old hands say the culture has become more dissolute and meanspirited. But for every thug, there are a dozen Deadheads ripe for a religious experience. Hey, everyone has to believe in something. And in this woozy age--when the spiritual and the secular often blend, and born-again Christians are rivaled in fervor by devotees of Elvis, Mr. Spock and Crow T. Robot--it was no surprise to see signs announcing that JERRY...
...Maldutis, who follows the airline industry for Salomon Brothers. Valujet, a profitable 16-month-old Atlanta carrier that mostly plies the Southeast, has never issued tickets; travelers get confirmation numbers that they use to pick up boarding passes at airports. Southwest Airlines began offering all passengers the option of ticketless service this month. Even giants like United and Delta are testing similar systems. "As Delta becomes more competitive," says vice president Vincent Caminiti, "we are going to give consumers what they have been asking foršPrice! Price! Price!" Perhaps, but to get those savings, they may first have to accept...
...priced under $300 starting Mar. 6. "Many customers may now refuse to go to agents and pay the fee and instead do the homework themselves," says TIME business reporter Bernard Baumohl. Some airlines, he adds, are already encouraging customers to bypass agents and turn to online or airline-run "ticketless" reservation services. "This probably means that lots of agencies will go out of business," Baumohl says...
...took only 27 minutes for all 235 available tickets to be sold--roughly 400 were left ticketless, according to Jonas...