Free Fired Airline Ticket Agent Reveals Airline Secrets by Nicholas Depinto Page A

wrong ticket they will make you feel like a criminal. I know because I’ve done it. The airline employee is always wary of people pulling this trick, unless it’s done right.
     
    Secret # 10: For international Business Class flights, buy one way tickets, fly roundtrip
    If you are flying overseas in business class, ask the travel agent if it’s cheaper to book two one way tickets instead of one roundtrip ticket. This works because the one way ticket for the return leg of your flight will be purchased “abroad” technically, so is in foreign currency. If the exchange rate at the time of purchase works in your favor, you will see significant savings! It is very unlikely that this trick will work for leisure fares in coach class.
     
     
    NOW for the Secrets that allow you to “break” the airlines’ rules, read on, and read carefully !!
     
    Secret # 11: Hidden Cities
    Most of you already know that when you buy an airline ticket, you not only bought a product, but you really bought a contract between you and the airline.
     
    Some of my buyers have used the following secrets and gotten nasty letters and threats from the airlines…but you need not worry. It’s not illegal to use any of these secrets and tricks. It just annoys the airlines because you’re saving money!
     
    Some readers have told me that this is confusing, so you may have to read this section a few times to get the gist of it.
     
    Business travelers that want to avoid minimum stay requirements and one way fares use the “hidden city” trick. It is often less expensive to fly from City X to City Y and catch a connecting flight to city Z than it is to fly from X to Y. City Y is a “hidden city” here. So, the business traveler purchases a ticket to the more distant city, city Z, but deplanes when the plane lands at his actual destination, city Y.
     
    Here’s an example that may make this less confusing:
     
    A business traveler has to go on a short midweek business trip from Minneapolis to Detroit. The airline’s quote for the fare is $950 for a roundtrip. Or, the other option is that the business traveler could book two one-way tickets for $470 each. Instead of doing that, the traveler books two one way tickets as follows. One ticket is from Minneapolis to South Bend Indiana, which requires a change of planes in Detroit. This ticket costs $290, instead of $470.The second ticket purchased (return flight) is from Detroit to Peoria, Illinois, requiring a change of planes in Minneapolis. This ticket costs $180 instead of $470. When he travels, he uses only the first coupon of each ticket and discards the second coupon. He is careful to book two separate tickets at two separate times, preferably with two different airlines. By doing this, he is keeping both the airlines and his travel agent in the dark about what his intentions are. In addition, he will NOT add his frequent flyer number to either of these tickets.
     
    There is one problem with using this trick. That is, you won’t be able to check any baggage. Any bags will be checked to the final destination, but you are not planning on being at your final destination. Some of you may want to try to check in bags and tip the curbside check-in man to send your bags to your “hidden city” but this is really pushing it. Just stick to carry on luggage!
     
    The airlines do not like people trying to turn their fare structures around to their advantage, and they are trying to catch people who do this. So, keep this in mind: always make your second coupon the unused one. If you bought a cheaper ticket from say, Peoria to Detroit, with a change of planes in Minneapolis, and discarded the first coupon, and then tried to board the flight in Minneapolis, the airline would know you were a “no-show” in Peoria. They would ask for proof that you actually flew from Peoria to Minneapolis, and you wouldn’t have any proof, because you didn’t fly there.
     
    Remember, although it is not illegal to use this