Air Travel

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Since CNN has essentially been off the air for quite a while, covering the > various political orgies that have been happening in the USA for what seems to > be an eternity, I came to think of the following: > When a political party decides to hold a convention somewhere, who pays for > all the air travel and hotel for each delegate ? > Would the political organisation strike a deal with one airline to get reduced > tickets for each delegate, or are delegates on their own to get the best > possible deal ? Is such a convention big enough to warrant striking deals with > multiple airlines ?

Political parties often pay for delegates; state parties will often pay for their state delegations to travel.  The official sponsoring airline – US for the RNC in PHL – and UA for the DNC in LAX – give special rates and services to the delegates.  Special checkin in lines, special phone lines. Often, the sponsoring airline will cut a nice, fat check for the honor of being the official carrier. Considering the s**tty weather in PHL a couple weeks back, and the pilot situation at UA, things cannot be 100% smooth. Rich

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Since CNN has essentially been off the air for quite a while, covering the various political orgies that have been happening in the USA for what seems to be an eternity, I came to think of the following: When a political party decides to hold a convention somewhere, who pays for all the air travel and hotel for each delegate ? Would the political organisation strike a deal with one airline to get reduced tickets for each delegate, or are delegates on their own to get the best possible deal ? Is such a convention big enough to warrant striking deals with multiple airlines ? Does the political party have a designated travel agent to issue all the tickets for each delegate, or do delegates only have to state thay are going to the such and such political party convention and they get the negotiated rebates ?

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