deep_south
They must really regret announcing the "payable" reservations before they have even thought about the details of how they would implement it...
Sales people on a percentage are like that. When I was working for a mobile phone company in Munich, the sales people thought up a whole new 'offer' and started to tell the retailers about it before asking the IT department whether it was even possible ...
garybell Yes, it can be annoying but they have to release flights for booking at some stage and there will often be a time when the return you want is below that horizon.
TCAS FAN The 'Four For Long Haul' was an Airbus slogan that they put around 'against' the 777 which was then chewing into their 340 sales. Subsequently, the market has moved - and the market is the carriers not the pax! Us oldies tend to prefer x4 engines but the younger generations have only known/will know the 767/777/787/330/350. The 340/380 will be around but the minority. However, the statistics show that the x2 config is reliable.