Cache or not, even if it was realtime availability at the time the alert was propagated (to what, thousands, maybe tens of thousands of subscribers, message propagation being instantaneous, or taking minutes or hours depending on ISP mail server handling, followed by a delay in reading taking minutes or hours or even a day or more?), it could still be closed by the time the alert was acted on by any individual recipient, either due to bookings triggered by the alert, or issuing elsewhere. - RWM Mark Greenwood wrote: > Travelocity doesn't block seats on flights but being owned and powered by > Sabre they should have access to last seat availability. I suspect they > cache inventory and when you try to book it, it actually checks for the > space which is not there. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Blaine Thompson > Sent: July 4, 2006 10:01 AM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Travelocity Griping > > I received an Alert from Travelocity saying that my prized fare had dropped. > I investigated dates - clicking on only green dates, as they are "available" > > What's the point in a wild goose chase - many many green dates becoming X > (not available)? I ended up searching the three lowest airfares (on three > different airlines) - all green/available boxes changed to X/not available. > > I thought computers were sophisticated enough to keep real-time track of > seat availability? > > (or am I wrong...I thought Travelocity blocked a few seats on each flight? > Hence the above statement.) > > Educate me. > > - Blaine