Group: rec.travel.asia
From: mrtravel
Date: Monday, September 03, 2007 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: IATA bids farewell to paper tickets

ptravel@ wrote:

> On Sep 3, 7:01 am, "TMOliver" wrote:
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>> wrote ....
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>>>E-tickets are not written contracts if there is no writing, and there
>>>is no writing when they are booked by phone. You do know the
>>>definition of "writing," don't you?
>>
>>Question...
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>>E - tickets purchased on the Internet - or by phone - from AA (and I
>>suppose most other airlines) are followed by an email from the airline to
>>the purchaser acknowledging the details of the purchase (and transmitting a
>>link to the conditions of carriage). I am of the impression that the
>>acknowledgement describing and defining the purchase consitutes the legal
>>equivalent of a contract. Apparently, acknowledgements of transactions do
>>constitute contracts in some other tranactions mentioned in the UCC.
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>>>By the way, where is your law degree from? Where are you authorized
>>>to practice law?
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>>TMO
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> Sorry for the additional follow-up.
>
> The UCC applies only as between _merchants_.
>

Huh?
So, I guess lines like the following are meaningless?
"(e) If one of the parties to a transaction is a consumer, the following
rules apply"

WRONG>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>