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Its funny to be reading this just a week after noticing this. Every airline uses some sort of a contractor or a shared piece of software for online checkins. Y

Its funny to be reading this just a week after noticing this. Every airline uses some sort of a contractor or a shared piece of software for online checkins. You can tell by the formed URI fragments and the JSON being sent back and forth. Its all trash. I wanted to work on a business that unified all check-ins under single company. I do not think however, it is reasonable given that all of these airlines have the process, as shit as it is, for a reason.

kkm 9y ago
I hear you, the problem is deeply rooted, in the implementation design. Even reporting these problems is such a tedious task, that you kind of feel like giving up after a certain point. Unfortunately, not just Emirates, but a huge number of e-commerce companies across industries like travel, shopping, healthcare are subjected to similar leaks.
dzhiurgis 9y ago
> shared piece of software for online checkins You are probably refering to GDS - that’s been up since 1960’s: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_reservation_system#Major_systems https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_reservation_system#...
tyingq 9y ago
That's not quite right. They all (mostly) do checkin with some combinination of PNR identifier, and last/first name. There's no actual collusion though. Just coincidental settling on the same minimum need. They isn't much in common across airlines as far as the actual code goes, though. Beyond that they all use some limited set of CRS providers, like Galileo, Sabre, Amadeus, etc. That is to say, there's some common code, but it's pretty far down the stack, and only common across a few carriers. One example: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/business/airport-check-in-computer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/business/airport-check-in... Hit several carriers, but not all by a long stretch.

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Its funny to be reading this just a week after noticing this. Every airline uses some sort of a contractor or a shared piece of software for online checkins. Y

by ziikutv 9y ago

kkm 9y ago
I hear you, the problem is deeply rooted, in the implementation design. Even reporting these problems is such a tedious task, that you kind of feel like giving up after a certain point. Unfortunately, not just Emirates, but a huge number of e-commerce companies across industries like travel, shopping, healthcare are subjected to similar leaks.
dzhiurgis 9y ago
> shared piece of software for online checkins You are probably refering to GDS - that’s been up since 1960’s: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_reservation_system#Major_systems https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_reservation_system#...
tyingq 9y ago
That's not quite right. They all (mostly) do checkin with some combinination of PNR identifier, and last/first name. There's no actual collusion though. Just coincidental settling on the same minimum need. They isn't much in common across airlines as far as the actual code goes, though. Beyond that they all use some limited set of CRS providers, like Galileo, Sabre, Amadeus, etc. That is to say, there's some common code, but it's pretty far down the stack, and only common across a few carriers. One example: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/business/airport-check-in-computer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/business/airport-check-in... Hit several carriers, but not all by a long stretch.