August 2015
Dr. Travel’s:The Hidden City Sometimes you can get to where you want to go by pretending to fly somewhere else—hidden city ticketing. Say you want to go from Seattle to Dallas, but the fare is exorbitant. But a much lower promotional fare is on flights from Seattle to Miami with one stop in Dallas. You book that one and get off the plane in Dallas. (Naturally, you can’t check any bags or they will got to Miami.) One major problem with hidden-city ticketing is it’s against airline regulations (so most travel agents won’t do it, you must book it yourself). The other difficulty is you can’t buy a round-trip ticket. The airline will cancel the return segment. But you can buy another one-way ticket back to the original city. If you do, route it differently than the first ticket and do so only after the first ticket has been used. Or use another carrier. Airlines do not share ticketing information. Do not use your frequent flyer number when you book the tickets. Offer that number only when you check-in at the airport. Some people are using this, as one magazine called it, “tricky-ticketing-tactic” to save money. But beware, it’s risky. (Taken from page 76) James Feldman, (a.k.a. Doctor Travel) is a Certified Facilitator and internationally recognized professional motivator, author, television host, and radio personality. His company Incentive Travelers Cheque Int’l provides individual and group incentive travel awards for many Fortune 500 companies. His book “Doctor’s Travel Cure For The Common Trip” is an entertaining and invaluable travel guide whose purpose is not to tell you where to go, but rather to help you get ready for the adventure. CommuniQuest is pleased to share some of Mr. Feldman’s travel wisdom with our readers, who from time to time must deal with lines, cancellations, lost luggage, and a person in the adjacent seat making extensive use of the air sickness bag. Reprinted by permission from the Author: jfeldman@itcheque.com
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