The airline fees you won't see on the internet

Updated September 21 2012 - 4:08pm, first published September 17 2012 - 2:43pm
Direct connection ... some airlines are offering incentives for passengers to book with them directly and cut out middlemen.
Direct connection ... some airlines are offering incentives for passengers to book with them directly and cut out middlemen.

In the 1960s, they seemed like one of the best inventions in the history of technology: so-called global distribution systems (GDS) to simplify and speed up the process of booking an airline ticket.

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