Comments on: Why Can’t You Change Your Ticket http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2004/06/30/why-cant-you-change-your-ticket/ Airline News and Commentary Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cindy http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2004/06/30/why-cant-you-change-your-ticket/comment-page-1/#comment-6524 cindy Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:44:20 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2004/06/30/why-cant-you-change-your-ticket/#comment-6524 ok, so you cant change an airline ticket because the contract is for that seat, but why cant you change the name on a ticket, why do they care who sits in that seat as long as they sold it? ok, so you cant change an airline ticket because the contract is for that seat, but why cant you change the name on a ticket, why do they care who sits in that seat as long as they sold it?

]]> By: Michael Burns http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2004/06/30/why-cant-you-change-your-ticket/comment-page-1/#comment-6523 Michael Burns Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:37:46 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2004/06/30/why-cant-you-change-your-ticket/#comment-6523 "They believe, frustratingly, that they are selling you a seat, not a reservation, just as tickets to a Broadway show gets you a seat on a given day, not simply entrance to the theatre." The HUGE difference is that I can sell or trade my Broadway ticket to a third party and I can use or not use the Broadway ticket as I see fit (if I buy season tickets, I do not get punished if I decide not to use a ticket or leave the show early). If they want to play the 'you are buying a seat' game, then let me use/dispose of the seat as I see fit. BTW, Broadway does not over sell the seats available for a show. “They believe, frustratingly, that they are selling you a seat, not a reservation, just as tickets to a Broadway show gets you a seat on a given day, not simply entrance to the theatre.”

The HUGE difference is that I can sell or trade my Broadway ticket to a third party and I can use or not use the Broadway ticket as I see fit (if I buy season tickets, I do not get punished if I decide not to use a ticket or leave the show early).

If they want to play the ‘you are buying a seat’ game, then let me use/dispose of the seat as I see fit.

BTW, Broadway does not over sell the seats available for a show.

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