Comments on: Trouble in Online Travel: American Airlines Ditches Kayak (Maybe Orbitz Too)

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By: Cowcake(wheres the beef?)

Cowcake(wheres the beef?) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:35:50 +0000

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By: Are Home Listings Like Airline Tickets?

Are Home Listings Like Airline Tickets? — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:28:08 +0000

[...] fees may also play a part in the dispute and says other airlines like Continental and Northwest may follow suit. (I haven’t seen the specifics of AA’s [...]

By: OMG. OMG. OMFG.

OMG. OMG. OMFG. — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:20:56 +0000

[...] a July 23 piece, TechCrunch explained the move: “Airlines don’t like the booking sites because they have to pay them a [...]

By: tripso.com | What’s the real truth with the situation between American Airlines and Kayak?

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:50:35 +0000

[...] commentators are murmuring that AA may be getting ready to pull its listings from Orbitz as well. Is American trying to squeeze the online travel agencies just as they slowly squeezed the [...]

By: Vijay Chittoor

Vijay Chittoor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:44:55 +0000

Airlines should stop open up access to their search through APIs - that would completely change the dynamics of the meta search market, and help the airlines a lot. I have a post on this on my blog: http://clickr.typepad.com/vija.....irlin.html

By: cloud9ine

cloud9ine — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:59:29 +0000

I saw this coming!

I posted on the devious tactics of Kayak at http://cloud9ineteen.blogspot......eware.html a few months.

By: American Airlines cut ties with Kayak.com | Travelwires.com

American Airlines cut ties with Kayak.com | Travelwires.com — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:52:56 +0000

[...] Kayak’s Keith Melnick and Steve Hafner confirm it in the comments section, I figured it was true. American has decided to stop participation in Kayak. After reading the blog post and many of the misinformed comments that followed, I figured I’d [...]

By: Drago

Drago — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:32:11 +0000

It is begining of the end for meta search sites like Kayak ,SideStep ,Mobissimo

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By: Inquisix - Selling by Referrals » Blog Archive » Difficult to do business with

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:48:57 +0000

[...] then why the decision to make it difficult for Kayak customers to purchase AA tickets? They sent me the email yesterday telling me that they’re ending their association with [...]

By: bobdobbs

bobdobbs — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:16:15 +0000

You clearly have no idea what you’re ranting about.

By: sidestep user

sidestep user — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:03:43 +0000

“Imagine Sony telling Best Buy that they couldn’t sell Panasonic?” Huh??? Isn’t this more like Sony telling an eBay or an Amazon to not show Sony’s from certain Store/Partner X? But to only sell Sony’s from sony.com?

IMHO, its definitely a distribution power play. Economically, traditional eMiddlemen like Expedia/Travelocity/Orbitz charge much higher fees to both airlines and consumers (net lower revenue for airlines). Meta search sites that bypass traditional GDS’s probably cost less to airlines. But, they don’t want them to “grow up” and become the next Expedia/Travelocity/Orbitz…

By: The Airlines’ Ongoing Struggle With Price Aggregation Sites | My Best Blogroll

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:53:32 +0000

[...] Airlines and Kayak last week. Last Wednesday TechCrunch reported that American Airlines was pulling its listings from the airfare search engine. Comments left by Kayak’s CEO Steve Hafner and VP Keith Melnick [...]

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Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:54:08 +0000

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By: triphow.com » AA Grounds Kayak in Fare Display Tiff

triphow.com » AA Grounds Kayak in Fare Display Tiff — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:35:50 +0000

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By: Tech Verdict » Blog Archive » The Airlines’ Ongoing Struggle With Price Aggregation Sites

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:02:26 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:09:04 +0000

Kayak “rocks”. Given the current economic climate, they’ll be around long after AA is long gone!

By: JOhn

JOhn — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:36:30 +0000

It is time for the airlines to keep distance from online travel sites or aggregators. Kayak seems OK, except for the fact that they give results from EXPEDIA, Orbitz and other OTAS. Expedia is a scam (click on my name to read my case that porves EXPEDIA is a scam).

Nowdays, Im using Kayak but I book directly with the airlines. So far, that seems to work better.

By: Chase Barfield

Chase Barfield — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:06:32 +0000

I find it funny that American Airlines may ditch Orbitz when the airline was one of the founders of the company. From Orbitz’s site:
Orbitz, Inc. was originally formed in 1999 by a group of leading U.S. airlines to participate in the rapidly growing online travel industry. The airline investors in Orbitz consisted of American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and United Air Lines.

By: toxo

toxo — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:40:22 +0000

Orbitz develops, maintains and hosts AA.com. Not that they hold their site hostage or anything, but there’s a pretty good relationship there.
This article is BS. mobissimo and yapta are meta-search sites, they don’t have direct access to GDS systems.

By: The Cranky Flier » American Ditches Kayak, But Let’s Clear Some Things Up

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:21:53 +0000

[...] Keith Melnick and Steve Hafner confirm it in the comments section, I figured it was true. American has decided to stop participation in Kayak. After reading the blog post and many of the misinformed comments that followed, I figured [...]

By: AV

AV — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:56:45 +0000

Translated: Kayak just kicked out all smaller online travel websites such as Cheapoair and Vayama and currently displays results only by Orbitz and Cheaptickets (owned by Orbitz). As a result most international prices are $100 to $500 higher than mobissimo. Now that is indeed great for the customer. And kayak most definitely did not allow Orbitz to pressure it into getting rid of the smaller websites. Not to mention that Kayak does not allow any new online travel agencies to appear in the organic search results to and from the US because of an exclusivity agreement with Orbitz.

By: magilla

magilla — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:11:28 +0000

Travelzoo.