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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 2:53 pm
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Originally Posted by Doc Savage
I'm really surprised the airlines let you reserve tickets without paying for them! Is it possible to do that with single tickets, too, for example if you are about 70% sure you want to take a trip, have a TA reserve the ticket without payment to the airline? Seems like that would be worth a nice commission from me to a TA.
It's my understanding that the carriers won't do that for individuals anymore, but high-producing agents get a lot of flex.

It used to be that there was no other way as people had to either mail in or go to a ticket office and pay. That all took time.
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