That led many leisure travelers and business fliers to book their tickets on the Internet.

Clearly, frequent business fliers are agitated, but they're far from unanimous in their attitudes.

You write about the inconveniences mainly for business fliers.

Airlines, already financially strapped, depend on business fliers who are the most likely to object to a change in the rules.

"The business fliers want to go when they want to go," he added.

That whoever has the most flights will gain the most business fliers.

They swap business fliers and share them with their customers.

Special deals available on the Internet have only added to business fliers' anger.

Analysts say they believe that the airlines have already begun attracting more business fliers.

The check-in desks were already quite busy with business fliers.