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DrRox:
--- Quote from: Neobie on December 24, 2013, 04:55:20 PM --- (They definitely arranged for that one travel agency to stay open late for the teams.)
Triways Travel Network
20 Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur
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In TAR terms, I always call these "midnight travel agencies," no matter the time of day that TPTB make use of them. Another good example was the travel agency used in Arusha in TAR20, but WRP has used them extensively in the past. It always seems like once or twice a race that this occurs.
Decades ago when I was in grad school, I worked part time at a travel agency and I am fairly knowledgeable of the procedures used at travel agencies. The owners were friends of mine and I worked there mainly to have access to FAM trips. But in the early days of TAR, it always intrigued me why TAR used "midnight travel agencies." One of the keys to one of these arrangements is when Phil says that flights are booked for teams, but they can change if they find a better flight combination.
Over time a pattern seemed to emerge. WRP seems to use them when there are very limited flights going to or flying out of what I call "end of the line" destinations. It might be a result of the "haj" fiasco from TAR11. WRP has a very tight production schedule. So how does WRP assure itself that all the teams will show up when they have local filming crews on the pay clock?
Anyway, over time I have come to believe that WPR works with a local "midnight travel agency" to block a certain number of seats on particular flights. This is essentially reserving a seat without a name attached to the reservation. Travel agencies can do it, individuals cannot. Also the particular travel agency doesn't really have to stay open late. Production could tell the travel agency that teams will be released at 1 am and teams will all arrive within a certain time frame. Then the travel agency could close, go home or whatever, and then be back ready for teams to arrive after 1 am.
In this case, the inducement for the travel agency to agree is the amount of revenue. 8 teams X 4 tickets per team is a lot of money to the agency. Add in a few production minders and it gets even more lucrative.
In the case of Margie and Luke, what could they have done? "If" my hypothesis is true, they could have gotten on the standby list at the airport for the flight everyone else was on and probably got on the flight when the travel agency returned the 4 unbooked seats to the airline. That would have taken guts. They would have had to pass up those earlier flights to Singapore. In race mode with adrenaline flowing, patience is not likely possibility.
Anyway, just some analysis, nothing is for sure.
serendipity:
Neobie you are so great!! I hope I could get into a moment like you to offer help to the racers, I'm a good researcher for flight tickets as well~
But I think if Margie/Luke couldn't avoid last place even with your mighty help, then maybe it's just fate...
Chateau d If:
Here comes the little blonde rocket! :hrt:
Lemontail:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on February 21, 2014, 04:11:28 PM ---
Here comes the little blonde rocket! :hrt:
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MALLORY!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hearts: :hrt: :conf:
Plaidmoon:
I wouldn't normally give much weight to a tweet like this, but the guy tweeting it is a media insider. He's a Vice President at Cumulus Media, one of the largest radio station chains in the US with ownership of 460 stations. He also has his own business that consults with radio stations about their programming etc. He's no doubt meeting with Caroline and Jennifer because they are promoting the have record they released a few days ago. They may have said something to him about TAR 24 to try and boost their record's chances. Or he may just be making a meaningless comment. I wouldn't put too much weight on it, but it was an interesting tweet.
Mike McVay @MikeMcVay 2h
Me with the Amazing Race winners ... @jenwayne and @caroline pic.twitter.com/5mheoyezYy
8:43 PM - 27 Mar 2014
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