Comments on: Thanks for clarifying, Orbitz. http://www.rants.org/2007/11/04/thanks-for-clarifying-orbitz/ Thoughts, musings, and rants by Karl Fogel Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:12:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: Karl Fogel http://www.rants.org/2007/11/04/thanks-for-clarifying-orbitz/#comment-5690 Karl Fogel Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:03:50 +0000 http://www.rants.org/2007/11/04/thanks-for-clarifying-orbitz/#comment-5690 Hah! So it <em>is</em> possible! Hah! So it is possible!

]]> By: Steve Gibbard http://www.rants.org/2007/11/04/thanks-for-clarifying-orbitz/#comment-5689 Steve Gibbard Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:55:16 +0000 http://www.rants.org/2007/11/04/thanks-for-clarifying-orbitz/#comment-5689 The Mount Everest sight seeing flight I went on a few years ago was labeled on the boarding pass as "from KTM to KTM," I think. The Mount Everest sight seeing flight I went on a few years ago was labeled on the boarding pass as “from KTM to KTM,” I think.

]]> By: Karl Fogel http://www.rants.org/2007/11/04/thanks-for-clarifying-orbitz/#comment-5666 Karl Fogel Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:56:00 +0000 http://www.rants.org/2007/11/04/thanks-for-clarifying-orbitz/#comment-5666 Aaaaah. Thank you. I wonder what would happen if I tried to book a flight from and to the same airport, though. Let's see, how about a round-trip from SFO to SFO? <blockquote><p><em>An error has occurred while processing this page. Please see detail below. (Message 1500)</em></p> <p><em>You gave us the same city/airport for your departure and arrival. Please check the information and try again. (Message 1020)</em></p></blockquote> I kind of like their error message strategy: a human-readable message, followed by a code clearly intended for their programmers. Maybe <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/buglist.cgi?component=subversion&subcomponent=bindings_javahl&subcomponent=bindings_swig&subcomponent=bindings_swig_java&subcomponent=bindings_swig_perl&subcomponent=bindings_swig_python&subcomponent=cmdline+client&subcomponent=compile&subcomponent=docs&subcomponent=docs_book&subcomponent=docs_notes&subcomponent=docs_www&subcomponent=install&subcomponent=libsvn_client&subcomponent=libsvn_delta&subcomponent=libsvn_diff&subcomponent=libsvn_fs&subcomponent=libsvn_fs_base&subcomponent=libsvn_fs_fs&subcomponent=libsvn_ra&subcomponent=libsvn_ra_local&subcomponent=libsvn_ra_svn&subcomponent=libsvn_repos&subcomponent=libsvn_subr&subcomponent=libsvn_wc&subcomponent=mod_authz_svn&subcomponent=mod_dav_svn&subcomponent=packaging&subcomponent=src&subcomponent=svnadmin&subcomponent=svndumpfilter&subcomponent=svnlook&subcomponent=svnserve&subcomponent=tests&subcomponent=tools&subcomponent=translations&subcomponent=unknown&issue_status=UNCONFIRMED&issue_status=NEW&issue_status=STARTED&issue_status=REOPENED&version=---&version=1.0.x&version=1.1.x&version=1.2.x&version=1.3.x&version=1.4.x&version=all&version=trunk&email1=&emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=substring&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=error.*%28message%7Cmsg%29&short_desc_type=regexp&long_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=substring&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=substring&keywords=&keywords_type=anytokens&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&newqueryname=&order=Issue+Number&Submit+query=Submit+query" rel="nofollow">Subversion</a> should do the same thing? Aaaaah. Thank you.

I wonder what would happen if I tried to book a flight from and to the same airport, though. Let’s see, how about a round-trip from SFO to SFO?

An error has occurred while processing this page. Please see detail below. (Message 1500)

You gave us the same city/airport for your departure and arrival. Please check the information and try again. (Message 1020)

I kind of like their error message strategy: a human-readable message, followed by a code clearly intended for their programmers. Maybe Subversion should do the same thing?

]]> By: Ben Collins-Sussman http://www.rants.org/2007/11/04/thanks-for-clarifying-orbitz/#comment-5654 Ben Collins-Sussman Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:37:57 +0000 http://www.rants.org/2007/11/04/thanks-for-clarifying-orbitz/#comment-5654 What they really meant was: "this *trip* starts and ends at different airports", which is unusual. Most airlines expect journeys to be perfectly round-trip. Just bad wording on Orbitz' part. What they really meant was: “this *trip* starts and ends at different airports”, which is unusual. Most airlines expect journeys to be perfectly round-trip. Just bad wording on Orbitz’ part.

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