Consolidator

Consolidator

An airline consolidator, also known as a bucketshop, is a business that buys tickets in bulk (at deep discounts but with many restrictions) from airlines and resells them to travel agencies. Consolidators are wholesalers and are prohibited (by contract) to deal directly with the public, so these tickets must be obtained through a retailer. Major travel sites such as Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity, nor aggregators such as Kayak.com, SideStep, Farecast do not show fares that are originated by a consolidator. It is more common for U.S.-based consolidators deal with flights involving an international destination rather than with domestic flights.


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  • consolidator — CONSOLIDATÓR, OÁRE, consolidatori, oare, adj. Care consolidează, întăreşte; întăritor, de sprijin; consolidant. – Consolida + suf. tor. Trimis de Joseph, 28.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  consolidatór adj. m., pl. consolidatóri; f. sg. şi …   Dicționar Român

  • consolidator — consolidate ► VERB 1) make stronger or more solid. 2) combine into a single unit. DERIVATIVES consolidation noun consolidator noun. ORIGIN Latin consolidare, from solidus solid …   English terms dictionary

  • consolidator — noun see consolidate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • consolidator — See consolidate. * * * …   Universalium

  • consolidator — noun Anyone who, or anything that consolidates …   Wiktionary

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  • consolidator — n. merger; one who consolidates; strengthener …   English contemporary dictionary

  • consolidator — con·sol·i·da·tor …   English syllables

  • consolidator — /kən sɒlɪdeɪtə/ noun a firm which groups together orders from different companies into one shipment …   Marketing dictionary in english

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