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Kirby's Korner
David Kirby was Ticked.com's resident on-line travel expert from 1999 to 2001. He rated - and sometimes berated - the industry's online travel sites and services. Here are his columns from 2000.
FAA
Forecast
Look
for a ride on the regional side
Travel
Trivia
A look
on the light side as we start a new millennium
Searching
for Travel
Finding
what you need on the Web
Animal
Farm
Some
passengers are more equal than others
Wireless
Travel
Travel
returns to the telephone - in a different way
Tamborine
Man, Redux
What
to do once the five-year mission ends
State
of the Industry
Online travel sales are stronger than expected and continue to grow
How
to Complain
E-mail outlets and discussion boards abound
Flying
Turkeys
Look quickly to catch your holiday travel discounts
Dot-Travel
Fever
A ".travel" domain name scheme won't solve many problems
All
Aboard
A new service has finally been scheduled for your future
What's
Wrong With Bias?
A Modest Proposal to free online agencies from government rules
Dukes
Up!
It's time to take a stand on behalf of travelers
Close
Enough!
Why do airlines get away with what no one else can?
Perchance
to Dream
Spending pleasant hours on planning your next trip
Sabre's
Rattling
Saying goodbye to a friend, a second time around
Flying
Cheap
If Orbitz doesn't light your fire, maybe Hotwire will
Flights
of Fancy
The end of the Concorde era may be near
PDA
Hell
Using a handheld is fine; getting there can be tricky
Privacy
Pirates
Travel Web sites collect a wealth of information about you
Ol'
Purple Eyes
Fooling journalists using a touch of class
Internet
Travel
The Web guides people to complex travel, as well as cheap
Younger
Generation
Get the fogies out of the way - I want to travel!
Orbitzal
Reaction
Do you root for a good idea badly executed?
Derivative
Solutions
Buyers shouldn't take the risk when travel is involved
Rough
Gudes
"Real World" publications just don't get it.
Biztravel's
Solution
Finally, taking treasure for your troubles
Artificial
Intelligence
Taking the first simple steps into AI for travel
Cheap
Tickets
The best of the best for low-cost air travel
Carry-on
Responses
Readers chime in on suggestions for discouraging overhead luggage
Odds
'n' Ends
Upside-down Web sales, boarding passes, and online tee-times
Bear's
Market
Yet another unfounded conclusion about trouble for travel
Protest
Prevention
Make sure politics doesn't vacate your vacation
Carry-on
Baggage
A modest proposal: encourage fewer carry-ons
Metropolis
Mailbag
Upside-down sales and other topics
Upside
Down
Some
Web sites put buyers in control
Agency
Action
Trust
your agent, but look online
Oh
Boy
Can
men build a travel community on the Web?
Mr.
Tambourine Man
What
to do once the five-year mission ends
Whither
Agents?
The
millennium's here. Your travel plans?
In
Print Again
How
your computer can save waiting in line
A
Large World, After All
Predictions
of agencies' deaths are premature
So
Long, ITN
An
online travel agency finally calls it quits
Hug
an Agent
Things
are getting rough in the real world
Fast
Food
Is
it true we become what we eat?
Future
Past
The
future isn't what we thought it would be
