On 7/18/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bob La Quey wrote:
> On 7/17/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Well, the airlines are doing that on purpose,
>> after all. The goal is to set up enough
>> restrictions in order to create differential pricing
>> (charging more to customers willing to pay more).
>>
>> In addition, there is a reason why most of the airline
>> ticketing services subcontract to companies which build
>> AI expert systems out of Lisp in order to generate
>> airline ticket options.
>
> While I am inclined to believe you, do you have any
> evidence to support that statement?
http://www.itasoftware.com/solutions/
Customers include Alaska, Alitalia, Continental, and US Airways. Check
the right sidebar.
And those are the folks who will admit to using ITA.
Orbitz, IIRC, is also an ITA customer.
-a
Thanks Andy, that is a very interesting piece of
information. I do like understanding how smart
companies use tools like this.
BobLQ
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