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SEC Comment Letter for WORLDSPAN L P (CIK 0001260167) — Oct 6, 2005

WORLDSPAN L P (CIK 0001260167)
Date: Oct. 6, 2005 · CIK: 0001260167 · Accession: 0000000000-05-051628

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File numbers found in text: 333-109064, 333-124508

Referenced dates: March 22, 2005

Date
September 9, 2005
Author
Mark P. Shuman
Form
UPLOAD
Company
WORLDSPAN L P (CIK 0001260167)

Letter

Room 4561 Jeffrey C. Smith, Esq. General Counsel Worldspan, LP and WS Financing Corp. 300 Galleria Parkway, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30339 Draft responses dated August 19, 2005 regarding comments on Form 10-K Annual Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2004 Filed on March 29, 2005 Form 10-Q for March 31, 2005 Filed on May 16, 2005 File No. 333-109064

Re: Worldspan, LP and WS Financing Corp. Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4 Filed August 19, 2005 File No. 333-124508

Dear Mr. Smith:

This is to advise you that we have reviewed only those portions of the above amended registration statement and draft responses dated August 19, 2005 that relate to your signatures, legal opinion and controls and procedures disclosure.

Draft responses regarding Form 10-K, Annual Report for the Year ended December 31, 2004 and Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 31, Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

1. We note your response to prior comment nine from our last letter regarding the effectiveness of your disclosure controls and procedures. We further note your subsequent testing and implementation of a monitoring control regarding your information transfer deficiency. Based on the lack of management`s review of year-end accounts prior to December 31, 2004 and the lack of sufficient resources in the finance department, please provide us with management`s bases for its conclusions that your disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2004 and as of March 31, 2005. Specifically, we note your implementation of remedial measures and testing after December 31, 2004 and March 31, 2005; however, tell us how management was able to conclude that these deficiencies in the aggregate could not have been material as of those dates. 2. Regarding prior comment 10 from our last letter, we note that your auditors conveyed reportable conditions to the audit committee in a letter dated March 22, 2005. In order to provide us with additional background as to management`s conclusions regarding your disclosure controls and procedures, please tell us management`s and the auditors` bases for concluding that these reportable conditions were not material weaknesses and that there was a low level risk of material misstatement. Based on your responses as to the lack of resources in the finance department and the information transfer design errors regarding your invoicing process, it is unclear without the ability to review these non-billable records, which we understand do not exist, how you are able to conclude that these reportable conditions were not material weaknesses. 3. In connection with your response to prior comment 11 where you aggregate individual adjustments to provide the net impact reflective of over and under accruals, please provide us with the gross over and under accruals used to arrive at each expense line item identified in your response.

* * *

As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in response to these comments. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover letter with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested supplemental information.

We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement, but please allow adequate time after the filing of any amendment for further review before submitting a request for acceleration. Please provide this request at least two business days in advance of the requested effective date.

You may contact Marc Thomas at (202) 551-3452 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Neil Miller at (202) 551-3442 or me at (202) 551-3462 with any other questions. If you require further assistance, you may contact Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director, at 202-551-9210.

Sincerely,
Mark P. Shuman
Branch Chief - Legal

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								September 9, 2005

Room 4561

Jeffrey C. Smith, Esq.
General Counsel
Worldspan, LP and WS Financing Corp.
300 Galleria Parkway, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30339

Re:  	Worldspan, LP and WS Financing Corp.
	Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4
      Filed August 19, 2005
      File No. 333-124508

      Draft responses dated August 19, 2005 regarding comments on
      Form 10-K Annual Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2004
      Filed on March 29, 2005
      Form 10-Q for March 31, 2005
      Filed on May 16, 2005
      File No. 333-109064

Dear Mr. Smith:

      This is to advise you that we have reviewed only those
portions
of the above amended registration statement and draft responses
dated
August 19, 2005 that relate to your signatures, legal opinion and
controls and procedures disclosure.

Draft responses regarding Form 10-K, Annual Report for the Year
ended
December 31, 2004 and Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 31,
2005
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

1.	We note your response to prior comment nine from our last
letter
regarding the effectiveness of your disclosure controls and
procedures.  We further note your subsequent testing and
implementation of a monitoring control regarding your information
transfer deficiency.   Based on the lack of management`s review of
year-end accounts prior to December 31, 2004 and the lack of
sufficient resources in the finance department, please provide us
with management`s bases for its conclusions that your disclosure
controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2004 and
as
of March 31, 2005.  Specifically, we note your implementation of
remedial measures and testing after December 31, 2004 and March
31,
2005; however, tell us how management was able to conclude that
these
deficiencies in the aggregate could not have been material as of
those dates.
2.	Regarding prior comment 10 from our last letter, we note that
your auditors conveyed reportable conditions to the audit
committee
in a letter dated March 22, 2005.   In order to provide us with
additional background as to management`s conclusions regarding
your
disclosure controls and procedures, please tell us management`s
and
the auditors` bases for concluding that these reportable
conditions
were not material weaknesses and that there was a low level risk
of
material misstatement.  Based on your responses as to the lack of
resources in the finance department and the information transfer
design errors regarding your invoicing process, it is unclear
without
the ability to review these non-billable records, which we
understand
do not exist, how you are able to conclude that these reportable
conditions were not material weaknesses.
3.	In connection with your response to prior comment 11 where
you
aggregate individual adjustments to provide the net impact
reflective
of over and under accruals, please provide us with the gross over
and
under accruals used to arrive at each expense line item identified
in
your response.

*  *  *

      As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in
response to these comments.  You may wish to provide us with
marked
copies of the amendment to expedite our review.  Please furnish a
cover letter with your amendment that keys your responses to our
comments and provides any requested supplemental information.

      We will consider a written request for acceleration of the
effective date of the registration statement, but please allow
adequate time after the filing of any amendment for further review
before submitting a request for acceleration.  Please provide this
request at least two business days in advance of the requested
effective date.

      You may contact Marc Thomas at (202) 551-3452 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and
related
matters.  Please contact Neil Miller at (202) 551-3442 or me at
(202)
551-3462 with any other questions.  If you require further
assistance, you may contact Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director,
at
202-551-9210.

								Sincerely,

								Mark P. Shuman
								Branch Chief - Legal

cc:  	G. Daniel O`Donnell, Esq. (via facsimile)
	R. Craig Smith, Esq.
	Dechert LLP
	4000 Bell Atlantic Tower
	1717 Arch Street
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
	Telecopier No. (215) 994-2222

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Worldspan, LP
September 9, 2005
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