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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 3:48 am
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Originally Posted by LukeRB
Then, in theory, could you place a group booking for 10+ tickets on the same flight, resell the tickets and then change the names on the BPs to the respective buyers? Could be an interesting way to work around the name change policies and do arbitrage on tickets…
Interesting idea. I assume that for a group booking, you'd be working with a human sales person, who would catch on eventually. I guess you could do this a few times and get away with it.
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