<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Intrepid:
Two warnings:
consoldator ticket is hardly if ever upgradeable. Second you are lucky if you'll accrue miles on a consolidator ticket.
Buying a cheap product you can't expect much added value from the airline, such as FF miles or u/g.
So you really can be assisted by any of your friendly neighbrhood travel agents for a cheap ticket.
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I suggest you save such strong statements for topics about which you have at least some clue.