Southwest Wants Nothing To Do With Orbitz
from the leave-us-alone dept
Southwest Airlines wants nothing to do with Orbitz. They've pulled their flights off of the Orbitz system. Then, the war of words started. They sound like some children fighting in the school yard. Southwest is now claiming that Orbitz is now longer able to claim they offer "the lowest fares" available, since they don't offer Southwest's fares. I'm surprised they didn't add "nyah nyah nyah" to the end of that. Orbitz, being oh so mature about this, retorted by calling Southwest a scaredy cat. Well, actually, they said, "Is Southwest afraid of having its fares compared to those of other airlines?"
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