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...Saturday night goers, get ready to rumble as Vermont invades the Bright Center in the regular-season finale. Coupon No. 14 will get you a ticket for the game which starts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FROM THE DESK OF THE HARVARD SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE... | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...your tickets, venture to the Harvard ticket office located in the basement of Harvard Hall in the Yard. For more information call the Harvard ticket office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FROM THE DESK OF THE HARVARD SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE... | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...profits are rolling in now because of a gritty, singleminded and profoundly painful campaign of cost cutting over the past five years, in which airlines have done everything from "outsourcing" (i.e., contracting out to other firms) plane cleaning and baggage handling, to whacking travel agents' commissions, to laying off ticket agents, middle managers and mechanics, to shrinking passenger seats and eliminating meals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

Labor remains the single largest controllable cost for an airline. And while the labor situation seems to wax touchier and more problematic each day, airlines are also turning to more empirical ways to save money. These include setting up ticket "distribution channels" that bypass travel agents. By selling directly to consumers, they avoid commissions. Many have implemented ticketless travel, and some are offering discounted weekend and other specialty fares on the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...decade after deregulation. In a period of expanding capacity, letting the market set the fares is a great idea. But now the pendulum is swinging in the sellers' direction. The airlines' widely touted "price discipline," for example, translates roughly to a 27% increase in the average price of a ticket in the past two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

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