Airlines ANCHOR make nearly all INN their fares that are HOTEL available to the general public available through all channels, from full fare down to their most heavily discounted ANCHOR fares. Any normal fare, made available months in advance INN in the normal way, is made available through all channels. Web fares, however, are different than normal fares. They typically constitute less than one tenth of 1% of the fares an airline offers, and are normally made available only a few days before flight time, and only on flights which have an unusually high number of empty seats. Web fares thus are seldom available, are HOTEL unpredictable, and are offered at very low prices.

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

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