share data with the competition? Can't happen because airlines have trouble sharing data internally. These companies were built in the early sixties or earlier and have silos...nothing crosses a silo. You will see accounting data cannot be shared with revenue management...FF data is off in another world by itself. Many airlines have totally separate computer systems doing similar jobs in different silos. It will take them years to figure it out internally. Sharing with the competition won't happen in our lifetimes - besides which it is probably illegal....US airlines are wary of the trust busters.... -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Travel Pages Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:06 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: Travel Weekly -- United moves to stem back-to-back ticketing <<Anyone purchasing back-to-back tickets who has half a brain is going to do so using different carriers. How does UA plan to sniff those culprits out?>> Actually, mileage loyalty plans make that happen less often than you'd imagine. People are, in fact, mostly half-brained, or believe the carriers to be so. How to sniff those out? Share/merge data with the competition. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup