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Airline Ticket Fraud and How Big Companies Avoid It

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Between 2011 and 2020 tripled from $9.84 Billion in 2011 to $32.39 With travel agents playing smaller and smaller roles in bookings, airlines are becoming an easy target for fraudsters. Fake Travel Agencies. The websites charged travelers for canceling their flights. These efforts are paying off.

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Airline Consolidators Overview: Their Role, Advantages, and Key Players

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Flight consolidators are brokers that book airline seats in bulk at discount rates and then resell them to travel agencies. Most of the large consolidators appeared in the 1970-1980s when airlines had more seats than they could ever sell via travel retailers. In any case, travel agents get a good margin to earn money.

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