"No Fair" Fares Have you paid the high price of buying cheap airline tickets?

By Christopher Elliott • Apr 1, 2002

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Think twice before booking your next airline ticket online. Youritinerary could come with costly restrictions you don't evenknow about.

That's what happened to Addison Schonland, a frequenttraveler based in Washington, DC, when he tried to upgrade hisairline ticket from San Diego to London. "When I tried to usemy miles to upgrade, I was told that the ticket wasn'tupgradeable because I bought it online," he says. "[Toupgrade,] I'd have to buy another, more expensiveticket-offline."

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