lynx-dev LYNX: problems with united-airlines and american-airlines

[David Combs]

I called united to get some flight times and prices;
they gave me some, I exclaimed "too expensive!", and was
told to go to www.ual.com, where they offer special deals,
etc.  That that was the ONLY way to get cheaper prices
on their flights.

So, I go there.  They ask for my pin number or freq-flier code,
which I don't have, and then say that thus I would be a 
"new user", and to hit the "NEW USER" button.

No such button, at least not in lynx.

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Then I phone american airlines, and their recording says
unless I want to wait a long time (phones loaded, they say),
I should go to www.aa.com.

So I do that.  I end up in a cycle-of-links, keep coming
back to www.aa.com.  Here is my email to them:

MY EMAIL:
I use the text-only browser LYNX.

LYNX is the most popular text-only browser, and is
used by lots of BLIND users.

I went to www.aa.com, then chose whatever (doesn't seem
to matter), and THAT ends up at a page saying that
you've moved to the NEW site, www.aa.com, and should
bookmark that site.

Yeah, great.  That's exactly where I came in.

It's one big circle, and if I followed instructions,
I'd just be a dog chasing its tail, forever.

IDEA: why don't YOU try LYNX on YOUR site, and see if
YOU can get anywhere.

If you find some trick, please let me know.

THANKS!

David Combs

address@hidden




And here is the history page:


                    History Page (Lynx Version 2.8.2pre.9)

                                    [1][Your recent statusline messages]
You selected:
 11. [2]Untitled
     http://wwwr3.aa.com/American?BV_EngineID=falfdhlikmibeiecfnhcfhfdkg.1&BV_
Operation=Dyn_RawSmartLink&BV_SessionID=1261028567&form%25destination=%2fmeta%
2fmeta_webmaster.tmpl&BV_ServiceName=American
 10. [3]Untitled
     http://wwwr3.aa.com/American?BV_EngineID=falfdhlikmibeiecfnhcfhfdkg.0&BV_
Operation=Dyn_Frame&form%25framespacing=0&BV_SessionID=1261028567&form%25desti
nation=%2f404%2fmain.tmpl&form%25destination_type=template&form%25border=0&BV_
ServiceName=American&form%25frameborder=no
  9. [4]American Airlines | AA.com
     http://wwwr3.aa.com/American?BV_Operation=Dyn_AALoginReceive&form%25login
_type=guest&form%25success=/404/index.tmpl&form%25success_type=template&form%2
5failure=/404/index.tmpl&form%25failure_type=template&submit%25form=submit
  8. [5]http://www.aa.com/netsaavers.html
     http://www.aa.com/netsaavers.html
  7. [6]List Page
     file://localhost/tmp/L25469-5TMP.html
  6. [7]American Airlines Home Page--AA.COM-- AIRLINE RESERVATIONS AND AIRFARE
 SPECIALS
     http://www.aa.com/
  5. [8]List Page
     file://localhost/tmp/L25469-4TMP.html
  4. [9]American Airlines Home Page--AA.COM-- AIRLINE RESERVATIONS AND AIRFARE
 SPECIALS
     http://www.aa.com/
  3. [10]Register
     https://wunited.itn.net/uni/get?unpub_inq:*,itn/air/uaefare
  2. [11]United Connection on the Web
     https://www.ual.com/secure/default.asp?ITNdestination=efares
  1. [12]United Airlines
     http://www.ual.com/home/default.asp
  0. [13]Bookmark Page
     file://localhost/u/u5/dkcombs/lynx_bookmarks.html





Question: have any of YOU been able to work
either of these two sites, using lynx?

Thanks!

DAvid