" ["bannerid"]=> string(4) "1233" ["contenttype"]=> string(0) "" ["alt"]=> string(0) "" ["width"]=> string(3) "728" ["height"]=> string(2) "90" ["url"]=> string(0) "" ["campaignid"]=> string(3) "128" ["context"]=> array(0) { } } -->
Whole Network Most Recent TOP10 Accessories Cruises Hot Deals Sailing

 

Cheat Your Way to a Lower Fare

Filed in archive Cheap Ride by Melissa Petri on August 30, 2007

32263912.jpg
Don't you just love it when you find a discounted fare for the route that you are planning to take? It's one step closer to a budget traveler's dream to come true. However, it is not always that easy. Sometimes, the restrictions imposed makes it out of your reach. And you know what is next... you would have to buy a more expensive ticket.

There are ways to cheat your way into getting a discounted fare, though.

Here are a few that are still being practiced despite many airlines' cry for injustice and call for punishments:

Back-to-back Ticketing. It's when you buy two sets of tickets for a particular location and you intentionally use the tickets out of sequencelinks to circumvent an airline's minimum day or weekend stay restriction. For more details on how back-to-back ticketing is done, check here.

Hidden Cities. It's when you buy a ticket for a certain destination which is on sale but you intend to get off at the connecting point rather than at your chosen end destination. Say, you want to go from Washington Dulles (IAD) to San Diego, California (SAN). But the special ticket price only applies if your flight destination is San Francisco (SFO). So, you buy the IAD to SFO ticket but you have no intention to get off at SFO. Instead, you get off at SAN where you are supposed to take the connecting flight from IAD to SFO.

Throwaway Ticketing. Sometimes, all you need is a one-way ticket. Strangely, they are more expensive than getting a roundtrip ticket. So what you do is buy a roundtrip ticket with the intention of just using one segment.

Many airlines call the above practices illegal. And some have even gone to the length of charging the travel agent or the passenger itself the difference in price of the ticket they cheated their way into and the right amount they should have paid had they bought the correct tickets.

What do you think? Would you risk it? Or would you rather patiently check aggregators for better fares?


Advertisement " ["bannerid"]=> string(4) "1232" ["contenttype"]=> string(0) "" ["alt"]=> string(0) "" ["width"]=> string(3) "468" ["height"]=> string(2) "60" ["url"]=> string(0) "" ["campaignid"]=> string(3) "128" ["context"]=> array(0) { } } -->


Permalink: Cheat Your Way to a Lower Fare
Tags: backtoback  ticketing  aggregator  airplane  travel  lower+fare  travel+insurance  passport+application 

Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/89127



Advertisement " ["bannerid"]=> string(4) "1232" ["contenttype"]=> string(0) "" ["alt"]=> string(0) "" ["width"]=> string(3) "468" ["height"]=> string(2) "60" ["url"]=> string(0) "" ["campaignid"]=> string(3) "128" ["context"]=> array(0) { } } -->


Advertisement " ["bannerid"]=> string(3) "685" ["contenttype"]=> string(0) "" ["alt"]=> string(0) "" ["width"]=> string(3) "468" ["height"]=> string(2) "60" ["url"]=> string(0) "" ["campaignid"]=> string(2) "22" ["context"]=> array(0) { } } -->


CW ToolbarInstall
RSSrss   | See all blog subscribe options
Googlegoogle   |   What is RSS?
Yahoo!yahoo
AddthisAddThis Feed Button
BloglinesBloglines
Newsletter
Advertisement - Book yours here.
" ["bannerid"]=> string(3) "110" ["contenttype"]=> string(0) "" ["alt"]=> string(0) "" ["width"]=> string(3) "300" ["height"]=> string(3) "250" ["url"]=> string(0) "" ["campaignid"]=> string(1) "5" ["context"]=> array(0) { } } -->

Use our search feature to look for other interesting posts

Just this blog Whole network
" ["bannerid"]=> string(0) "" } -->
Advertisement -
Book yours here..
" ["bannerid"]=> string(4) "1372" ["contenttype"]=> string(0) "" ["alt"]=> string(0) "" ["width"]=> string(3) "120" ["height"]=> string(3) "600" ["url"]=> string(0) "" ["campaignid"]=> string(3) "161" ["context"]=> array(0) { } } -->


 
Advertisement
Book yours here.

" ["bannerid"]=> string(4) "1372" ["contenttype"]=> string(0) "" ["alt"]=> string(0) "" ["width"]=> string(3) "120" ["height"]=> string(3) "600" ["url"]=> string(0) "" ["campaignid"]=> string(3) "161" ["context"]=> array(0) { } } -->


  • Testimonials

  • 'Great tips and plenty of useful information...Thank you for the great work!'
  • Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network

Advertisement -
Book yours here..
" ["bannerid"]=> string(4) "1372" ["contenttype"]=> string(0) "" ["alt"]=> string(0) "" ["width"]=> string(3) "120" ["height"]=> string(3) "600" ["url"]=> string(0) "" ["campaignid"]=> string(3) "161" ["context"]=> array(0) { } } -->






Advertisement - Book yours here.. " ["bannerid"]=> string(4) "1784" ["contenttype"]=> string(0) "" ["alt"]=> string(0) "" ["width"]=> string(3) "300" ["height"]=> string(3) "250" ["url"]=> string(0) "" ["campaignid"]=> string(3) "277" ["context"]=> array(0) { } } -->
 
Tagcloud: Accessories Armchair Traveler bonus miles Budget Accommodations Budget Asia Budget Europe Budget South America Budget Transportation Budget Travel Resource Business Travel Caribbean on a Budget Cheap Eats Cheap Ride Cheap Travel Tools Contests Cruises European insider Flying high Free Museums gadgets Good Read Have kids will travel Hiking Holiday Travel Holiday Travel Tips Hot Deals Hotels/Resorts Lifestyles of the rich and famous News Offbeat Sailing Tips and Tricks Top Lists FREE Travel Health and Fitness Travel Trivia UK Travel vacation possibilities Video Tips Volunteer Vacations Walking Tours Weekend Getaways where the celebs go women's travel Work for Travel