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***** | BACK TO BACK TICKETING. | A strategy used to reduce the cost of a round trip involving no Saturday stay when the cost of two excursions is less than the cost of one unrestricted fare. For example, if a traveler wants to fly fr
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**** | HIDDEN-CITY PLOY, HIDDEN CITY TICKETING. | A stratagem used to get a lower airfare when the fare for a flight from A to C with a stop in B is cheaper than a fare directly from A to B. The passenger who wants to travel to B, buys a ticket from
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*** | CROSS-BORDER TICKETING. | Writing a ticket in such a way that it appears that the travel commences in a different country than is actually the case. Used to take advantage of lower fare structures.
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* | TICKETING. | Any or all of the processes involved in collecting fares and issuing tickets for any form of transportation.
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* | ELECTRONIC TICKETING. | A computerized system used by airlines in which no physical ticket or boarding pass is generated.
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* | CUSTOMER-ACTIVATED TICKETING. | A vending machine that allows passengers to purchase airline tickets with a credit card.
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