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Day Inn Hotel, Days Inn - Coralville, Days Inn Horsham, Days Inn - Ocean Shores, Days In Lolo, Days Inn & Suites - Historic Annapolis, Days Inn City Center, Days Inn - Ardmare, Days Inn - Grand Prairie, Days Inn - El Paso - East, Days Inn - Lexington Nebraska, Days Hotel & Conference Center at Dulles, Days Inn - Ft. Worth, Days Inn - I-10 Lake City, Days Inn & Suites - North Miami, Days Inn & Suite Bentonville, Days Inn - Downtown Raleigh, Days Inn - Hurstbourne, Days Inn - Clinton, Days Inn - Ottumwa, Days Inn - Kennewick, Days Inn - Anderson, Days Inn Motel - Lancaster serious mischaracterizations have been made about us and the issue of who will have access days to what fares. some of those mischaracterizations have been based on simple ignorance, but others inn-new have clearly haven been part of a concerted effort by us competitors to use misinformation to prevent us from offering new competition to them and new choice to consumers. there is no agreement by which any airline would be precluded from making any fare it chose available through any retail channel it chose. airlines for 2 decades have been like any other business in america, in that they can decide what they want to charge and where they want to sell their product. and that remains true under the our agreements. each and every airline, no matter what kind of participation it has, will be free to decide individually what fares it offers and whether or not to offer them through any other outlet. serious mischaracterizations have been made about us and the issue of who will have access days to what fares. some of those mischaracterizations have been based on simple ignorance, but others inn-new have clearly haven been part of a concerted effort by us competitors to use misinformation to prevent us from offering new competition to them and new choice to consumers. there is no agreement by which any airline would be precluded from making any fare it chose available through any retail channel it chose. airlines for 2 decades have been like any other business in america, in that they can decide what they want to charge and where they want to sell their product. and that remains true under the our agreements. each and every airline, no matter what kind of participation it has, will be free to decide individually what fares it offers and whether or not to offer them through any other outlet. then the allegation days that we are "an illegal boycott against third party distributors" because it has "requirements for posting fare sales that cannot be sold" by others is not true? inn-new it is absolutely not true, and those who have made that allegation haven had absolutely no basis for making it. our agreements contain no boycott against any distributors whatsoever, and in fact affirmatively provide that no airline is precluded from utilizing any other distribution channel or offering any fare through any channel. the department days of justice is presently reviewing all agreements, so there will be no question on this point. do airlines today make all their fares available through all retail channels?
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