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In Reply to: That's the old joke posted by Mr. Black on January 18, 2005 at 12:53:45:
In the travel business, the majority of transactions are losing transactions but that is part of the business. Airlines used to give 15% commissions on sales, then they were reduced to 12%, then 8%, then 5% and now, travel agent airline commissions are mostly a thing of the past. Our most common transaction is from BWI to San Juan which is often a $99 Super Saver. We also sell many $69 flights. It costs us well over $20 per ticket in labor, bookings, computer and phone charges, FedEx or courier, and so forth. Many times, we sell hundreds of tickets for, say, $129, (which is a losing proposition to beging with) and the fare is lowered between the time of ticketing and departure. We've spent weekends sending checks to customers on tickets in which we were already losing money.
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