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6 airline ticket rules you should know

October 09, 2007 | Online Travel

When it comes to airline ticket rules, the devil isn�t in the details. The devil is the details. Airlines like to bury all kinds of restrictions in the fine print, hoping their passenger won�t read them until it�s too late, says travel columnist Christopher Elliott.

When it comes to airline ticket rules, the devil isn�t in the details. The devil is the details.

You�ll find Old Nick in something called the ticket tariff, which is a massive, rambling and often incomprehensible document that passengers rarely see in its entirety.

Why? Partly because they tell you what you already know � for example, that you have to pay a fee if you want to change your ticket � and partly because it just doesn�t concern you. For instance, some tariff rules talk about special fares for police officers or firefighters, which a vast majority of passengers wouldn�t care about.

But there�s another reason why you won�t see these rules: Airlines would rather you not know about them. That�s because they like to bury all kinds of restrictions in the fine print, hoping their passenger won�t read them until it�s too late.

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