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Top Document: FAQ: Air Traveler's Handbook 1/4 [Monthly posting] Previous Document: [1-19] Moving Up the Return Flight Next Document: [1-21] Buying Someone Else's Nonrefundable Ticket See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge A hidden city fare occurs when a flight from point A to point B happens to make a connection in point C and is cheaper than a direct flight from point A to point C. This is a quirk of the way in which airlines price their routes, which has little to do with the distance flown. The prices are driven by market conditions. Prices drop when there is a lot of competition on a route. The flight from A to B might be a very busy route, with several airlines serving that market, while the A-C and C-B routes might be not as busy. Usually such hidden city fares occur when A and C aren't hubs for the carrier in question, but B is, and B is dominated by the airline. So the airline routes you through B, but charges you less than if you were to purchase two round-trip tickets.. Theoretically, you could buy a ticket from A to B, get off at point C, and throw away the B to C portion, saving some money, if point C was your ultimate destination. Airlines frown on this practice, and taking advantage of a hidden city fare is explicitly forbidden by their rules. If you happen to skip a leg of your flight (e.g., logged as a no-show on the airline's computer), the airline has the right to cancel all subsequent legs, and will do so to discourage folks from using hidden-city fares. So the only case in which you can "safely" take advantage of a hidden-city fare is when you're taking a one-way flight. If you buy a round-trip ticket from A to B through C, skip the C to B leg, and try to board the return flight at B or C, you'll find that your reservation has been cancelled and you'll be required to buy a new ticket at the full-price one-way fare. You also can't take advantage of a hidden city fare if you've checked any baggage, as your baggage will be sent through to your ultimate destination. Airlines have started to really crack down on the use of hidden city fares. They can not only cancel subsequent flights on their own lines, but also recommend cancellation of subsequent flights on other carriers. They've programmed their airline reservation systems to watch out for hidden-city reservations, flagging potential violations in the passenger's record, and in some cases will automatically cancel all subsequent legs if one leg is skipped. Even if the reservation system doesn't automatically cancel the subsequent legs, the agent at check-in will see the warning flag and will be very suspicious of any skipped legs. Some airlines (e.g., Delta) have a practice of checking you in for all outbound flights at the point of origin. But this doesn't make them any more susceptible to folks who use hidden city fares, because if you don't show up for the return flight at B, they'll still cancel all your remaining legs. Also, sometimes the boarding passes are marked "check-in required". Hidden city fares happen most often when the connecting point is dominated by one airline (the carrier of your flight) and the ultimate destination is a competitive market. If you happen to catch an earlier flight than your scheduled one, be sure to reconfirm your subsequent flight segments. Any departure from your ticketed reservation can potentially cause your itinerary to be flagged as a hidden-city violation (e.g., "NOSH" for no-show), if the gate agent didn't record the earlier flight properly. If you're the dishonest type and are going to lie about actually having taken the skipped segments, at least have the intelligence to remove the ticket and boarding pass (keeping the stub of the boarding pass) from the ticket packet. [I once saw a couple try this stunt in New York, and the gate agent caught them at it. The wife had removed her ticket and boarding pass; the husband hadn't. The husband claimed that the gate agent at the hidden city had forgotten to remove the ticket. The gate agent didn't let them on the flight because the computer showed that they had missed TWO segments of their flight -- from the hidden city to their ultimate destination and back. In addition, the gate agent had been on duty the last time they passed through, and didn't remember seeing them board. The agent's supervisor concurred.] If you know in advance that you want to skip a segment of your flight (e.g., you're flying from A to C via B, but want to get off in C, visit with some friends, then drive up to B to visit some more friends and return home), tell this to the travel agent when you buy the ticket. They can make a note about it in the record so that your return flight won't be automatically cancelled when you miss the B to C leg. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: FAQ: Air Traveler's Handbook 1/4 [Monthly posting] Previous Document: [1-19] Moving Up the Return Flight Next Document: [1-21] Buying Someone Else's Nonrefundable Ticket Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: mkant@cs.cmu.edu
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Throughout time, we can see how we have been slowly conditioned to come to this point where we are on the verge of a cashless society. Did you know that the Bible foretold of this event almost 2,000 years ago?
In Revelation 13:16-18, we will read,
"He (the false prophet who deceives many by his miracles--Revelation 19:20) causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666."
Speaking to the last generation, this could only be speaking of a cashless society. Why's that? Revelation 13:17 says that we cannot buy or sell unless we receive the mark of the beast. If physical money was still in use, we could buy or sell with one another without receiving the mark. This would contradict scripture that states we need the mark to buy or sell!
These verses could not be referring to something purely spiritual as scripture references two physical locations (our right hand or forehead) stating the mark will be on one "OR" the other. If this mark was purely spiritual, it would indicate both places, or one--not one OR the other!
This is where it really starts to come together. It is incredible how accurate the Bible is concerning the implantable RFID microchip. This is information from a man named Carl Sanders who worked with a team of engineers to help develop this RFID chip:
"Carl Sanders sat in seventeen New World Order meetings with heads-of-state officials such as Henry Kissinger and Bob Gates of the C.I.A. to discuss plans on how to bring about this one-world system. The government commissioned Carl Sanders to design a microchip for identifying and controlling the peoples of the world—a microchip that could be inserted under the skin with a hypodermic needle (a quick, convenient method that would be gradually accepted by society).
Carl Sanders, with a team of engineers behind him, with U.S. grant monies supplied by tax dollars, took on this project and designed a microchip that is powered by a lithium battery, rechargeable through the temperature changes in our skin. Without the knowledge of the Bible (Brother Sanders was not a Christian at the time), these engineers spent one-and-a-half-million dollars doing research on the best and most convenient place to have the microchip inserted.
Guess what? These researchers found that the forehead and the back of the hand (the two places the Bible says the mark will go) are not just the most convenient places, but are also the only viable places for rapid, consistent temperature changes in the skin to recharge the lithium battery. The microchip is approximately seven millimeters in length, .75 millimeters in diameter, about the size of a grain of rice. It is capable of storing pages upon pages of information about you. All your general history, work history, criminal record, health history, and financial data can be stored on this chip.
Brother Sanders believes that this microchip, which he regretfully helped design, is the “mark” spoken about in Revelation 13:16–18. The original Greek word for “mark” is “charagma,” which means a “scratch or etching.” It is also interesting to note that the number 666 is actually a word in the original Greek. The word is “chi xi stigma,” with the last part, “stigma,” also meaning “to stick or prick.” Carl believes this is referring to a hypodermic needle when they poke into the skin to inject the microchip."
Mr. Sanders asked a doctor what would happen if the lithium contained within the RFID microchip leaked into the body. The doctor replied by saying a (...)