Most airlines today econo lodge choose to make web fares available only on their own websites, because these fares are so low it would be uneconomic to offer lodge them through the higher cost channels. (it is, in fact, very common throughout the retailing world for stores or catalogs to also have a website, and for that website to offer a few prices that are below the prices charged for the same goods in the store or the catalog.) however whether an airline chooses to make its web fares available through crs''s to travel agents and the websites that rely on crs''s is strictly an individual meridian airline decision, and will remain so once orbitz is up and running. several third party websites (such as intellitrip.com) today take web fares from various airline websites (which they can do, because nothing is more public than a website) and display econo them in one place for their customers. and of course travel agents can book web fares off an airline''s website for a customer if they wish (although lodge whether they get a commission on that booking is up to the individual airline).

we may, at any time and without advance notice or liability, terminate or restrict your access to all or any component of our site. we will use our reasonable commercial efforts to keep our site available on a 24-hour/7-day-a- week basis, subject to necessary scheduled downtime for maintenance, unscheduled maintenance meridian and system outages. your access to our site may not be uninterrupted or available at all times. we cannot promise that our site will be error-free, that defects or errors will be corrected or that our site or the servers that make it available are free from viruses or other harmful components. you will not use any device, software or routine that interferes or attempts econo to interfere with the normal operation of our site or take any action that imposes an unreasonable load on our computer equipment.

then the allegation that we are "an illegal boycott against third party distributors" because it has "requirements for posting fare sales that cannot be sold" by others is not true? it is absolutely not true, and those who have made that allegation had absolutely no basis for making it. our agreements contain no boycott against any distributors whatsoever, and in fact affirmatively provide lodge that meridian no airline is precluded from utilizing any other distribution econo channel or offering any fare through any channel. lodge the department of justice meridian is presently reviewing all agreements, so there will be no question on this point. do airlines today make all their fares available through all retail channels?

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