An air ticket is seldom simple. It’s often subject to "advance purchase" restrictions, change penalties, no-show penalties, minimum stay periods, or non-refund clauses. You may be limited by "capacity controls" or "yield management" - which means that the same seat on an aircraft on the same day and the same flight can have up to 20 different prices. And flying "direct" doesn’t necessarily mean you're flying "nonstop".
While airline-speak may be old hat to the seasoned traveller, some people might find themselves puzzled on occasion. Here is a “decoder” for some common terms that crop up in the world of travel.
For anything we’ve missed, just give us a call and we’ll help you to decipher it!
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