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Old 11-02-2006, 03:14 PM
Wingnut Wingnut is offline
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Default Transfering airline tickets to another person?

Does anyone have any recent experience with being able to transfer an unused (US) commercial airline ticket to someone else for their use (e.g. my parents)? The travel agent I purchased them from initially said that I can only have the tickets re-issued to the people whose names appear on the current tickets (with penalties, of course).

Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated.

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-David
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Old 11-02-2006, 03:17 PM
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Default Re: Transfering airline tickets to another person?

Wing,

With most airlines "I can only have the tickets re-issued to the people whose names appear on the current tickets (with penalties, of course)" is the policy w/ pretty much no exceptions.
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Old 11-02-2006, 03:21 PM
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Can't be done
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Old 11-02-2006, 03:23 PM
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Yeah, I think you're screwed here. Airlines suck at customer service. I don't think this is a Federal Regulation, just a monopolistic mindset. No wonder their bankrupt.
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Old 11-02-2006, 03:43 PM
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Yeah, I think you're screwed here. Airlines suck at customer service. I don't think this is a Federal Regulation, just a monopolistic mindset. No wonder their bankrupt.

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Airlines are going bankrupt because they are not monopolies.
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Old 11-02-2006, 03:48 PM
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Default Re: Transfering airline tickets to another person?

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Yeah, I think you're screwed here. Airlines suck at customer service. I don't think this is a Federal Regulation, just a monopolistic mindset. No wonder their bankrupt.

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Airlines are going bankrupt because they are not monopolies.

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That's why I said "mindset". I used to work at the railroad and they can get away with it since they ARE monopolies.
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Old 11-02-2006, 03:59 PM
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Yeah, I think you're screwed here. Airlines suck at customer service. I don't think this is a Federal Regulation, just a monopolistic mindset. No wonder their bankrupt.

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Airlines are going bankrupt because they are not monopolies.

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That's why I said "mindset". I used to work at the railroad and they can get away with it since they ARE monopolies.

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Airlines are hugely price competitive. That is not monopolistic behavior. Also, airline margins are absolutely tiny.

I work at a bank. Does that make me an expert on cargo shipping?
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