European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes wednesday May 11,1994 rules on tickets Fly in face of reason today a crossword w a dear Ann Landers this is not an earthshaking problem but can you Check with your sources and find out Why airlines refuse to allow their cheaper a a nonrefundable tickets to be sold to another person. Once the ticket is paid for what difference does it make who sits in that seat if the original buyer is unable to go can to reschedule his flight and can sell the ticket at a reduced Price Why should the airline care Why  the airline charge a reasonable Transfer fee say $10, for the minute or so it takes to change the name in the computer wondering in Bily Lings Mont. Dear wondering 1 sent your letter to Robert Crandall chairman and president of american airlines. This is his response. A if tickets were freely transferable there would soon be a Black Market in which people could buy tickets from previous purchasers rather than from us. We do not want third parties buying and Selling our seats at prices they not we determine. We offer Only As Many discounted tickets As we think we will have seats unsold at the regular Price. If the cheaper Advance Purchase tickets were transferable at will Why would anyone buy a scat from us today instead of from the secondary Sellera a a a a a. A a. A a a a a it a a. A. Ann Landers a your readers should know however that we have changed All our tickets to be a nonrefundable but  this Means if a person who buys one of our deeply discounted non Crundale tickets is unable to use it on the appointed Date he or she can use it on a different  a a a a a a Quot a a a a dear Ann Landers three years ago my father in Law became ill my husband and i invited his parents to move in with us so we could help care for dad. He passed away eight months later. After dads death we assumed my Mother in Law would go Back Home but she refuses to leave. She plays the role of the poor pitiful widow and has become very dependent. A a. This woman is a Young healthy 70 years old. She has her own car and her own Home. Her presence is putting a major1 Strain on our marriage. Our children Are grown and we would like to do some things alone but now we have to baby sit  need help in California dear California three years i would say you have been More than generous and exceedingly patient. You should not feel the least bit guilty about becoming assertive and reclaiming your life. Letters to Ann Landers shod be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chicago Iii. 60611-0562. A. C creators Syndicate just Fry to Fop this Christmas greeting dear Abby recently you published several letters from readers who complained about Holiday newsletters so i wrote a spoof for my friends and family. Maybe your readers will enjoy it too. Al Rosenblum Birmingham Ala. Dearal i thought your spoof was hilarious so in a sharing it with my readers Christmas greetings from the Hassen Pfefferl dear and Loving friends its that time of the year to relate the Quot doings of the Hassen pref Fer family. Wolfgang and i Nave been frightfully Busy As usual. As you Wall Street journal readers already know Wolfgang bought the Standard Oil co., and he a been Busy Busy Busy. You know what a perfectionist Wolfgang is dear Abby Christmas is becoming a real chore now spent All Day yesterday shopping for the Gran babies. Sch men Dick the 10-year-old, wanted a chemistry set so Wolf ring for the Gran babies. Sch men year old. Gang bought him the Dupont co. And we found a set of blocks for Artemis the 3-year-old a 12 of them in downtown Houston. Heathcliff our eldest has just received his fifth Nobel peace prize. He was also awarded the zilch prize for Medicine when he discovered a cure for which there is no disease. Our daughter Scarlett the Art major has been commissioned to restore the sistine Chapel. She says it will be a a piece of cake since she a had considerable experience working on her Back. And we re so proud of Bartholomew. A boo Boot is doing a a a peachy Job in the military having made major general at the age of 24. Early this year he received his fifth medal of Honor. Now they re striking a special medal for him for going into outer space and saving 35 astronauts and a $50 billion spaceship that was stranded in orbit around Mars. Things have been rather hectic this year for me. What with being president of the Junior league president of the league of women voters mayor of Boston chief designer for Calvin Klein president of. Hyatt International and ceo of Westinghouse in be had my hands full however none of these projects has been nearly As fulfilling As the thrill of being named Mother of the year right after having won the Pillsbury Takeoff. 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