This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------83C9B5ADB45220EB2BEF8EF9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I most certainly meant ethnic Greg! Go to China town or little India in any > major city and your airfare will be heavily discounted. You can't compare > a travel agency that does production travel to any other agency. You and I > both know that the majority of that business is front of the bus because the > talent doesn't fly coach. And you also know that the studios are for the > most part willing to pay top dollar so there would be no need to discount > the fare. University students who are going trekking in Nepal for the > summer don't pay publishes fares. > > Once again, let's compare apples to apples. > > Mark > > Greg wrote: > > > Mark, I have no desire to enter a pissing contest with you or anyone > > else about this, but since you took the liberty to message this here to > > the list and to me personally, first I think you meant to say 'ethical' > > (not ethnic) travel agency...and, Secondly, I never engaged in the > > kick-back game nor did any of my friends who were also owners. We knew > > of agencies that did, but we had staff and other overhead concerns. > > In any business is never good policy 'do' everything that everybody > > else does. We all know some ethical car mechanics (they may be > > out-numbered by the antithetical), and airline service we know that all > > of them are not mediocre. I took an Eurowings flight in the summer of > > 2000, before push back, the FA kindly instructed a gentleman that he was > > sitting in a seat (that I requested remain empty...they asked me at > > check -in) that was blocked. I didn't rat the guy out...but that was > > their fastidiousness at work. > > The bottom line is this not all airlines are crappy and they all > > can't be Singapore Airlines either...the reason, it's about separating > > yourself from the pack. I don't believe for a minute that all corporate > > accounts demand kick-backs (nor are they jizz-bags), and I do not > > believe that all agencies obliged them. I may not know what I'm talking > > about according to you...but I do know this, the head of studio cared > > about concorde and first class specific seats (for themselves and the > > other above the line folks) that limos/driver be shit-sharp and on time, > > that Five-star hotels be impeccable, after all they were paying rack > > expected every cent of it to be represented in their stays (And the > > request didn't end here). They could give a rat's ass about any kind of > > rebate. They expected (and still do) that an agent always be at the top > > of his/her game in making sure all this came together...fashionably and > > seamless. And if there was a delay or cancellation...there'd better be a > > plan B, C and a D all at the ready! And personally I don't think the > > studios are the only corporations with such high standards!...But then > > again..maybe I don't know what I'm talking about...... > > > > Greg --------------83C9B5ADB45220EB2BEF8EF9 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <3CA3FC8D.5C31EF33@telus.net> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:33:02 -0800 From: Mark Greenwood <mgreenwood@telus.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Filmscape@worldnet.att.net Subject: Re: Airline Travel Agent Commissions References: <20020328040350.OSWO27913.mtiwgwc26.worldnet.att.net@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> <3CA1E3A3.B48B94AE@worldnet.att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I most certainly meant ethnic Greg! Go to China town or little India in any major city and your airfare will be heavily discounted. You can't compare a travel agency that does production travel to any other agency. You and I both know that the majority of that business is front of the bus because the talent doesn't fly coach. And you also know that the studios are for the most part willing to pay top dollar so there would be no need to discount the fare. University students who are going trekking in Nepal for the summer don't pay publishes fares. Once again, let's compare apples to apples. Mark Greg wrote: > Mark, I have no desire to enter a pissing contest with you or anyone > else about this, but since you took the liberty to message this here to > the list and to me personally, first I think you meant to say 'ethical' > (not ethnic) travel agency...and, Secondly, I never engaged in the > kick-back game nor did any of my friends who were also owners. We knew > of agencies that did, but we had staff and other overhead concerns. > In any business is never good policy 'do' everything that everybody > else does. We all know some ethical car mechanics (they may be > out-numbered by the antithetical), and airline service we know that all > of them are not mediocre. I took an Eurowings flight in the summer of > 2000, before push back, the FA kindly instructed a gentleman that he was > sitting in a seat (that I requested remain empty...they asked me at > check -in) that was blocked. I didn't rat the guy out...but that was > their fastidiousness at work. > The bottom line is this not all airlines are crappy and they all > can't be Singapore Airlines either...the reason, it's about separating > yourself from the pack. I don't believe for a minute that all corporate > accounts demand kick-backs (nor are they jizz-bags), and I do not > believe that all agencies obliged them. I may not know what I'm talking > about according to you...but I do know this, the head of studio cared > about concorde and first class specific seats (for themselves and the > other above the line folks) that limos/driver be shit-sharp and on time, > that Five-star hotels be impeccable, after all they were paying rack > expected every cent of it to be represented in their stays (And the > request didn't end here). They could give a rat's ass about any kind of > rebate. They expected (and still do) that an agent always be at the top > of his/her game in making sure all this came together...fashionably and > seamless. And if there was a delay or cancellation...there'd better be a > plan B, C and a D all at the ready! And personally I don't think the > studios are the only corporations with such high standards!...But then > again..maybe I don't know what I'm talking about...... > > Greg --------------83C9B5ADB45220EB2BEF8EF9--