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- From: sbrenner@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (scott.d.brenner)
- Subject: Re: Questions Regarding Boarding Passes and Rental Cars
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.134405.8107@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Organization: AT&T
- References: <1992Dec28.182529.3512@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Dec29.002534.13107@ads.com>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:44:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.002534.13107@ads.com> henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
- |>sbrenner@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (scott.d.brenner) wrote:
- |>->Sorry if these are FAQs; I don't read this group regularly.
-
- |>read: "sorry that i'm too damn lazy to do the right thing, even though
- |>i'm asking all of you a favor by asking this question."
-
- Please, Henry, enlighten me. What, exactly, is "the right thing" in your
- view? Should I have taken 5 hours and read through 600+ articles to make
- sure that I don't ask a question that's been asked before? I searched for
- a FAQ, but didn't find one. Pardon me, but I think I sincerely apologized up
- front, and clearly titled my article so that uninterested readers could skip
- by.
-
- |>->So the question is: does anyone know a way I could convince Delta to
- |>->mail the boarding passes to me? I'd rather not have to take a trip out
- |>->to the airport just to pick them up.
-
- |>no. go to any delta ticket counter and get the boarding passes.
- |>(of course, if you were ticketed through a travel agent, they could
- |>issue the boarding passes for you).
-
- Gee, thanks. I didn't use a travel agent; I bought my tix directly from the
- airline.
-
- |>->Question 2: What's the cheapest/easiest/best way to rent a car at the
- |>-> Ft. Lauderdale airport? ...
-
- |>your travel agent should be able to answer this, too.
-
- Every travel agent I've ever used has been completely incompetent. They have
- almost no knowledge of the travel industry and appear interested only in their
- commision. Hence, I do not use agents.
-
- |>->... Do the airlines have any arrangements with the car rental places?
-
- |>yes; the airlines take your money and deliver you to the car rental
- |>places, whereupon the car rental places take some more of your money.
- |>clever arrangement, eh?
-
- A bit cranky today, Henry? Yes, it's a very clever arrangement. I'm sure no
- one has ever heard of "fly/drive" deals or other kinds of discounted car
- rentals when air travel is involved. Thanks for your help.
-
- |># henry mensch / booz, allen & hamilton, inc. / <henry@ads.com>
- |># "fight the real enemy." -- sinead o'connor, and many others.
- |># for information on the league for programming freedom,
- |># write to lpf@uunet.uu.net
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