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= How to get free airline tickets and how to make some money selling them! =
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By Garraty
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The best time of the year to do this is
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A) In March/April when schools are going on Spring Break and college kids are heading
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off to the fun in the sun
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B) When the cold is so cold that your toes have turned a shade of blue only an
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optometrist would recognize. (i.e. November/December).
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Goto the major airline or your choice, most major airlines are pretty good
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about this, but don't keep repating it to the same one over and over again.
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BUY a ticket, round trip to destination: Sunny Place, USA. (Ie. Florida, or
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someplace where EVERYONE wasnt's to go that time of year), then with cash,
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shell out the plane fare ... (Don't worry... you'll get that back...)
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Then... when that March or April day comes around (you better time this JUST
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right!) ... wait for all the DELAY signals the airlines give you... eventually
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they will come around to passengers and ask if they would like to wait until
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the next flight, so that they can make space on the plane. IF THIS HAPPENS, JUMP!
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ask to be placed on the next flight out... they will issue you a bump ticket.
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(more on this later). If you DONT get any DELAYS, you don't get and requests
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for a WAIT FOR NEXT FLIGHT and you don't see any real big time need for space
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on the plane, then CANCEL your reservations... you get the cash back, because,
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until you actually step on the plane, you ticket is only a reservation, and not a sale... MAKE SURE you can get refunds! Make SURE that if you cancel, you only do this LAST MINUTE.
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Bump Tickets (AKA the Free Trip anywhere).
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You hear about these everywhere, but here is how they work. An airline will
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make you wait at the terminal for the next AVAILABLE plane out (which may be 6
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hours later) and they issue you a "bump tickets" to repay you for your troubles. With this "ticket" in hand, cancel your reservations, and walk out with money
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in pocket and a free ticket. This ticket will be issued with your name on it,
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so make sure that when you buy the actual ticket, you give your actual name,
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unless you have plans for this new ticket. If you want to sell a "bump ticket",
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most airlines will require you to sign something or for the user of the ticket
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to ONLY be the person whos name is on the ticket, in which case a good $30
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fake ID will be very able to do the job (such as a state ID made by any
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passport service...), it will pay for itself. Bump tickets have a value of
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about $100 resale, since they are sometimes harder than others to sell.(and
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to use to get a boarding pass). When you goto the airport next time, check
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out ALL the major airlines, and find out what there policy is on Bump Tickets
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and Canceledled flight/Reservations.
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Also, see if you can do this much prior to the rush season, that way you
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can see what time of the year is busyiest... try a travel agent, and just ask
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them "I'd like to take a flight from Boston to Miami" or "from Chicago to Atlanta
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Los Angeles:" and ask "What is the worst time of the year to travel, and when are
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the rates the highest."?"
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From there, it's all up to you... you have you to find out WHAT airline's
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are the best for doing this. what time of year, and what day SPECIFICALY it
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will happen on. Return time does not matter.
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This year, 1990, most high school students get out on April take flights
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to the South on April 13th-15th and return on the 22nd-23rd. try some guess
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work for this December break, remember... One flight out near Christmas time
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is going to be VERY difficult to get, so RESERVER EARLY... for a surefire
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sell out, get December 23rd or 24th, or better yet, January 1st in the
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afternoon... remember TIME COUNTS too! 5-6PM flights are usually the
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busiest for Boston or to Miami.
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See ya soon! And have fun... this may or may not be legal, but it's sure a
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great money making opportunity... make 5 reservations that day for under
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different names... that way you spend 5 times as much initialy, but get back
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5 round trip tickets, or less... depending on availabity of flight and
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cancelations. Adios.
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-Garraty 47 (Maine's Own)
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