FAIRFAX, Va. -- Travel agent arbiter William McGee revoked the
Airlines Reporting Corp. accreditation of a California agency that
made few sales and closed down yet wanted to keep its
accreditation.
The agency, Global Travel LLC, of San Rafael, obtained ARC
accreditation in January 1996 and sold 218 tickets since then, none
since the fourth quarter of '96, according to McGee.
Global Travel attributed the lack of sales to the owner's
illness. The agency said its printer was removed with ticket stock
in it and that it has no plans to reactivate the business in the
near future.
McGee said the closure of the business "is contradictory to the
letter and spirit" of the ARC contract, and the loss of ticket
stock when the printer was removed is evidence of further
"neglect."
In another case, McGee rescinded a decision that would have
revoked the accreditation of Asia America Travel & Trade Co. of
Philadelphia.
Separately, McGee approved a settlement between ARC and Black
Tie Travel Inc., doing business as Uniglobe Valley Travel, of San
Jose, Calif. Under the terms, the firm agreed to stop using ARC
ticket stock to issue tickets on US Airways or any other carrier
that terminates its appointment.