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Message: [QUOTE="Martin Williams, post: 265775, member: 141861"] Thanks for this, Brian. My thoughts are pretty similar to yours! The theory that wealthy Americans preferred travelling on White Star vessels, whilst the British usually opted for Cunard, is one that I've heard ventured a couple of times now and I'm curious to know if it's mere conjecture (although it would make a kind of sense) or whether this was accepted as a 'fact' at the time. In this particular instance, how would Thomas and Edith Pears have come to be travelling on the 'Titanic'? Would they themselves have selected the ship or would they merely have told a travel agent the date on which they wished to sail and he would have taken it from there? Nowadays, one aircraft is very much like another, so it's just a matter of convenience. But back then, each liner had its own character so an element of personal preference may have entered the equation. [/QUOTE]