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> The computer systems airlines use are built on top of systems that are built on top of systems that date back sixty years. It means it’s the time to upgrade the system.
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Done forget to have a secondary identifier to further divide the seat. I recommend using a short to represent the 65536 possible slices a seat can split. Then on the ticket, there would be an extension section that tells you the alias of the person that is about to board. We can call it SNI or Sitter Name Indicator. Another section could be an indicator if the rider is alive when boarding. We can call the extension a…
Given the history of airlines I'm not quite sure if you're joking or not. Sounds plausible ngl
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You don't need to be on a codeshare for that to work though, it just needs to be on the same itinerary - the flight numbers can be on different airlines and still on the same itinerary.
Do you know of any easy ways to book an arbitrary itinerary across carriers?
This is the tipping point that will make the world switch from passenger flights to high-speed rail.
If it were just twice as fast, was given priority or had it's own tracks, and had enough trains that a following one could pick you up in a disaster, and without random bedrooms that just smell like the 1970s, I would take it almost exclusively.
Otherwise.. sadly.. Amtrak is for when I don't actually care if I arrive at my destination or not. If I'm lucky I get where I'm going and most of the time I get a steak on the way.
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You don't need to be on a codeshare for that to work though, it just needs to be on the same itinerary - the flight numbers can be on different airlines and still on the same itinerary.
Do you know of any easy ways to book an arbitrary itinerary across carriers?
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China is probably the best case scenario for high speed trains. They have high population density to support train networks, virtually no opposition from NIMBYs, and low construction costs. Yet high speed trains there operate at a loss[1], and airplanes are still competitive there. If high speed rail doesn't work there, how could you seriously claim we should switch all air travel to high speed rail? [1] https://en.w…
Focus on that instead if you want trains. High-speed trains are only useful as a value-add to an existing slow-speed train network. Not as its own thing in itself.
Separately I also find code-sharing slightly confusing, especially if you're trying to find out who's actually operating your flight for things like checkin counter, etc.