A few years ago, one of my graduate students phoned and woke me early in the morning from my comfortable hotel bed in Irvine, CA, to ask me what he should do since his return ticket was confiscated by a CO ticket agent at checkin and he was forced to pay nearly $1000. to get back home. I told him to put it on his charge card! What could I do? The ironic thing was that the person who gave him the ticket was the same one who took him to the airport that morning. They had gotten together on the car rental and all he had to do was let him check in for him! Sad!