BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

___________________________ ) In The Matter of ) ) Docket No. OST-2013- 0048 ) Agreement Adopted by the ) Passenger Services Conference ) Of the International Air ) Transport Association as ) Resolution 787 ) __________________________ )

REPLY OF OPEN ALLIES FOR AIRFARE TRANSPARECNY TO IATA’S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO MOTION

David Kelly Executive Director Open Allies for Airfare Transparency 439 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003 (703) 786-0980 david@stormkingstrategies.com

March 27, 2013BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

___________________________ ) In The Matter of ) ) Docket No. OST-2013- 0048 ) Agreement Adopted by the ) Passenger Services Conference ) Of the International Air ) Transport Association as ) Resolution 787 ) __________________________ )

REPLY OF OPEN ALLIES FOR AIRFARE TRANSPARECNY TO IATA’S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO MOTION

Open Allies for Airfare Transparency (“Open Allies”) hereby replies to the March 26,

2013 “Preliminary Response” of Applicant Internati onal Air Transport Asso ciation to the March

18, 2013 Motion of Open Allies To Require Appli cant to Produce Additional Documents or, in

the Alternative, Extend the Comment Period. 1 While Open Allies appreciates IATA’s

willingness to extend the comment period to April 25, 2013, its contention “that document

requests are properly considered as substant ive comments on IATA’s Application” makes no

sense on its face. Open Allies asked in its Moti on that IATA be required to produce documents

that will help explain IATA’s purpose and intentions in seeki ng approval for Resolution 787 and

resolve some of the inconsistencies between IATA ’s Application and other statements that IATA

has made concerning that Resolution and the Ne w Distribution Capability that the Resolution

promotes so that commenters will have access to the relevant facts as they prepare their answers.

Such documents are needed so that the Department can benefit from more informed comments

and a fuller picture of the Application. Open Allies did not file its Motion with the intent that it

1 Open Allies asks that this short Reply be accepted in order to remove any doubt as to its position in light of IATA’s Response.2 be considered its comments on the Application, but to receive the documents it needs to fully

develop such comments. Nor does an extension of time, while welcome, address the need for

IATA to produce relevant documents.

The idea that parties should file comments firs t and only later have an opportunity to see

requested documents is plainly backwards. However, should the Department decide that

documents will not need to be produced until after comments have been filed, then Open Allies

urges the Department to allow for a second round of comments to be f iled after the documents

are made available.

Respectively submitted,

/s/ David Kelly David Kelly Executive Director Open Allies for Airfare Transparency 439 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003 (703) 786-0980 david @stormkingstrategies.com

March 27, 2013CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a copy of the Reply of Open A llies for Airfare Transparency was served on the 27th day of March by first class or priority mail on the following persons:

Douglas Lavin Regional Vice President – North America International Air Transport Association 1201 F Street, NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20004 Bert W. Rein Bruce L. McDonald Wiley Rein LLP 1776 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006

Chief, Transportation, Energy & Agriculture Section Antitrust Division Department of Justice Washington, DC 20530 David Radcliff Chief Executive Officer Hogg Robinson Group 16 E. 34 th Street, 3 rd Floor New York, NY 10016

Paul Ruden Senior Vice President of Legal and Industry Affairs American Society of Travel Agents 1101 King Street, Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22314 Pat Funk Executive Director Association of Retail Travel Agents 4320 North Miller Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251-3606

Eric Bock Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Admi nistrative Officer Travelport 300 Galleria Parkway Atlanta, GA 30339 Grey Webb President Sabre Travel Network 3150 Sabre Drive Southlake, TX 76092

Scott Gutz President and Chief Executive Officer Amadeus North America, Inc. 3470 NW 82 nd Avenue, Suite 1000 Miami, FL 33122 Barney Harford Chief Executive Officer Orbitz Worldwide Inc. 500 W. Madison St., Suite 1000 Chicago, IL 50551

Dara Khorsrowshahi President/CEO Expedia, Inc. 333 108 th Avenue, NE Bellevue, WA 98004 Robert L. Darbelnet CEO/President AAA Travel (AAA Inc.) 1000 AAA Drive Heathrow, FL 327462 Douglas Anderson President/CEO Carlson Wagonlit Travel 701 Carlson Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55305 Sam Jain CEO/Chairman Travelong Inc. 212 W. 35 th St., Suite 1302 New York, NY 10001

Jeffery H. Boyd President/CEO Priceline.com 800 Connecticut Avenue Norwalk, CT 06854 Michael Batt Chairman/Founder Travel Leaders Group 3033 Campus Drive, Suite W320

Joop Drechsel Chief Executive Officer BCD Travel 6 Concourse Parkway, Suite 2400 Atlanta, GA 30328 Norman Knowles Group VP Loyalty Travel Agency 6442 City West Parkway Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Dean Smith President FC USA 69 Spring St. Ramsey, NJ 07446 Bryan Leibman President/CEO FROSCH 1 Greenway Plaza, Suite 800 Houston, TX 77046

William H. Tech CEO/President Travel and Transport Inc. 2120 S. 72 nd Street Omaha, NE 68124 Priscilla Alexander President Protravel International Inc. 515 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022

Alexandre Chemla President Altour International Inc. 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 15 th FLOOR New York, NY 10020 Brad Tolkin/Jeff Tolkin Co-Chairman/CEO World Travel Holdings 100 Fordham Road Wilmington, MA 01887

Peter Liney Chief Executive Officer STA Travel 750 State Highway 121, Suite 250 Louisville, TX 75067 James E. Wells Chief Executive Officer World Travel Inc. 1724 West Schuylkill Road Douglassville, PA 195183 Gloria Rohan CEO/President Omega World Travel 3100 Omega Office Park Fairfax, VA 22031 Tammy Krings CEO/Leadership Coach TS24 7775 Walton Parkway New Albany, OH 4304

Paul Metselaar Chairman/CEO Ovation ravel Group 71 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003 Yoshimori Himeno President JTB 19700 Mariner Avenue Torrance, CA 90503

Jeff Smith President Travizon Inc. 275 Mishawum Road, Suite 300 Woburn, MA 01801 Lisa Durocher SVP/General Manager American Express World Financial Center 200 Vesey Street New York, NY 10285

Patrick Fragale President/COO Directravel 860 Wyckoff Avenue Mahwah, NJ 07430 Jonathan Perkel Senior VP, General Counsel Travelocity 3150 Sabre Drive Southlake, TX 76092

Dr. Elijah Chingosho Secretary General African Airlines Association 2 nd Floor AFRAA Building, Red Cross Road South C, Off Mombasa Road, Nairobi P.O. Box 20116, Nairobi, Kenya Hans Ollongren Senior Vice President Scandinavian Airlines Systems 19587 Stockholm-Arlanda Kabinvagen 5

Andrea Fischer Newman Sr. Vice President, Government Affairs Alexander Van der Bellen Managing Director, Government Affairs and Associate General Counsel Christopher Walker Regional Director, Government Affairs Delta Airlines, Inc. 1212 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Chris Phillips Managing Director – Distribution Strategy Delta Air Lines, Inc. 1030 Delta Boulevard Atlanta, GA 303204 Maribeth L. Minella Sr. Vice President & Corporate Counsel World Travel, Inc. 620 Pennsylvania Drive Exton, Pennsylvania 19341 Arnold Cheng General Manager International Affairs Cathay Pacific 9/F, Central Tower Cathay Pacific City, 8 Scenic Road Hong Kong International Airport Lantau, Hong Kong

Mohamed Bhanji VIA Rail Canada 3 Place Ville Marie Montreal, Canada H3B 2C9 Michael J. Premo President & CEO Airlines Reporting Corporation 3000 Wilson Boulevard Suite 300 Arlington, V 22201-3862

_/s/ David Kelly_____________________ David Kelly