I am gonna refer to the movie Argo here which was based in Iranian revolution in 1979. In the final moments of the movie during the tickets are bought only during the last moment (I understand the last moment ticket purchase was dramatized for the movie). But was it possible to book a ticket for flight from Iran from United States so quick without the internet?
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Most bookings were done by phone but it wasn’t uncommon for people to walk up to an airline register and buy a ticket for a flight leaving shortly after right then and there. Airlines were some of the first businesses using computers to manage their databases and daily operations, even if clients didn’t book tickets from computers.
The real difference between then and now is not really the digital automated systems used for booking, but the security standards, which back then, were much more lax. You could very well walk into a Terminal an hour or two before a flight and buy a ticket and just head on to the plane. Nowadays not only is there too much passenger traffic to be able to catch a flight so casually but flying and security measures were dramatically changed after 9/11
The airlines had computers, networks, and phones. The InterWebZ just allowed the customers to see what’s going on.
The airlines had computers, networks, and phones. The InterWebZ just allowed the customers to see what’s going on.
The airlines had computers, networks, and phones. The InterWebZ just allowed the customers to see what’s going on.
You went to an airline office, or a travel agent, and only they could look at the terminal monitor, and they told you what they wanted to sell you, possibly not mentioning other options available that weren’t advantageous – to them. Frequent fliers had to subscribe to OAG, Official Airline Guide, a printed publication that may or may not be currently accurate. It is much better now.
You went to an airline office, or a travel agent, and only they could look at the terminal monitor, and they told you what they wanted to sell you, possibly not mentioning other options available that weren’t advantageous – to them. Frequent fliers had to subscribe to OAG, Official Airline Guide, a printed publication that may or may not be currently accurate. It is much better now.
You went to an airline office, or a travel agent, and only they could look at the terminal monitor, and they told you what they wanted to sell you, possibly not mentioning other options available that weren’t advantageous – to them. Frequent fliers had to subscribe to OAG, Official Airline Guide, a printed publication that may or may not be currently accurate. It is much better now.
I studied computer science in 1979 and the airline ticket sales algorithm was taught then. It showed how a software ticket locking mechanism write ensure 2 sales points would not sell the same ticket at the same time.
I studied computer science in 1979 and the airline ticket sales algorithm was taught then. It showed how a software ticket locking mechanism write ensure 2 sales points would not sell the same ticket at the same time.
I studied computer science in 1979 and the airline ticket sales algorithm was taught then. It showed how a software ticket locking mechanism write ensure 2 sales points would not sell the same ticket at the same time.
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