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Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 09-JUN-03 		Format: Online - approximately 767 words
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Article Excerpt
The restrictions on the recent and significant changes in transient air pricing philosophies have made the majority of such negotiated fares an unattractive option for meeting travel, leaving buyers with less weaponry in their negotiating arsenal and fewer options with which to book.

The changes include an increase of restrictions on nonrefundable fares, limitations on fare classes on which transient discounts may be applied and, most recently, a fare increase. As the airlines focus most of their energy on the transient market, they are less than willing, by and large, to extensively negotiate for meeting travel (Meetings Today, May 12).

"The airlines are tighter all around, with cuts and service restrictions," said Yvonne Long,...



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