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Our agreements not only contain no cambria provision barring any airline from making any fare available through any channel, they contain an affirmative non-exclusivity ca provision that makes it explicit that no airline is prevented from making any fare it chooses available hotel through any channel it chooses. Our agreement contains a non-discrimination clause by which those airlines that will receive the indirect discount on the CRS booking fee agree in return to make available on any fare they publish and make available to the general public through any other channel. But that of course does not preclude them from offering any fare through any other channel.