over here i don't think that its so much being inconsiderate as being incompetent at infrastructure projects.
Cheers
~M

>Mark;
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>We had a similar announcement some months ago. However, in the United States we are much more considerate. Our commuter train service from San Jose to San Francisco has been shut down for the weekends. They are making some modifications to the track. This could take years. They wonder why so many people drive cars!
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>Tom
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>>most services offer cheaper fares online as that way they don't have to pay travel agents commission or in this case employ staff, it is far cheaper to employ a computer designer for a few months to design an online ordering system than it is to hire an entire booking staff. what i normally do is go to 3/4 sites at the same time and try to book the same flight and then just grab the cheapest.
>>I however have a better rant for you, this morning the dart, our commuter train service, announced that starting this friday, that 4 days notice, it will be shutting over 3/4 of the dublin train services for the weekend, not just for this weekend but for the next 18 months then when that is finished they will shut the other 1/4 for 9 months. and we wonder why we have an infrastructure problem.
>>Cheers
>>~M
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>>>Just I minor rant.
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>>>I've recently been trying to book a flight to Charlotte (North Carolina) from Gatwick. Using a variety of on line sites to check fares and availability. What a mess of conflicting information I get. Different prices (varying by a huge amount) and availability
>>> where do these web sites get their base information ? How can you be sure you get the best result in the end ?
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>>>To cap it all I tried ringing USAirways directly and was quoted a fare £50.00 dearer than the one I was looking at on their web site as I spoke to the lady. Also I suspect she may have been operating from a call centre because her English was quite poor which really put me off enquiring any further with her.
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>>>So there it is, the modern world, I can't find out a definitive price for something or if its even available.
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>>>Nick Mason