Posted by David M. on October 16, 2003 at 14:50:27:
In Reply to: Sorry! posted by Scott on September 30, 2003 at 18:09:00:
Scott:
Don't apologize so quickly. In the crazy world of airline fares and schedules, a "direct" flight does not always mean no stops. Often an airline will call a plane that goes from point A to D with stops at B and C a direct flight having two stops on the way. An even neater trick I have seen them pull, (it was Northwest on both occasions) is to call a flight from A to C with a stop and change of planes in B a "direct" flight from A to C. The convoluted explanation given to me for calling these two flights a single direct flight was that because the flight number was the same on the A to B and B to C legs (even though the planes were different), these two flights were therefore the "same" flight and that made it a direct flight with one stopover.
No wonder all of the airlines are suffering financially. I think George Orwell wrote their dictionaries.
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