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Old Nov 6, 2002 | 10:04 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by gleff:
If this is going to be a regular thing, it would be worth buying a roundtrip ticket to ELP with a long return date (which will likely get discarded), and then booking all future roundtrips originating in ELP so that all of the tickets have Saturday night stays.
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This would be a violation of the terms and conditions of every airline out there and would expose you/your travel agent to additional charges and penalties. See "back-to-back ticketing".

http://www.ityt.com/library/fom-serve/cache/123.html

"So what are the penalties if someone is caught with back-to-back tickets?

In some cases, the airline has billed the offending travel agency as much as $100,000. The offending passenger can have his or her ticket confiscated and may end up having to pay the full fare. In addition, they may have frequent flyer privileges revoked."

Book a 1-way outbound the first week. Then book Friday to Monday round-trips every subsequent week. Same effect, except for the first week, and legal.
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