From: ihateuw@dispates.u.washington.edu (David Wong)
Newsgroups: rec.travel.air
Subject: Re: $129/$189 Roundtrip Continental Travel Coupons
Date: 27 Jul 92 02:45:37 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Washington

In article <1992Jul26.202458.25250@u.washington.edu>  
kevin@milton.u.washington.edu (Kevin Caskey) writes:
> In article <1992Jul26.181425.12786@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
ljing@leland.Stanford.EDU (jing li) writes:
> >
> >Several Continental Travel Coupons (male & female).
> >$129 roundtrip when you travel directly between any two cities east of the
> >     Mississippi River(including Minneapolis/St. Paul, St. Louis and New
> >    Orleans) OR directly between any two cities west of the Mississippi
> >     River.
> >$189 roundtrip when you travel to any city across the Mississippi River.
> >
> >* a maximum stay of 7 days/6 nights
> >* including a Saturday night
> >
> >
> >Continental Airlines sometimes check ID on student fare travel.  Probably  
safer
> >if you are of Asian nationality.
> >
> >US Air will accept this coupon too.
> >
> >Asking $10.00 each coupon for processing.
> >
> >Reply to this account: ljing@leland.stanford.edu 
> 
> In my experience they both checked my ID when I checked in AND checked for
> my AMEX card. Also, the tickets must be purchased against the AMEX card
> for the person listed on the coupon. All in all I don't think these  coupons
> are easily transferable. Watch it.
> 
> Kevin at U dub

	I've used friends vouchers for this several times, and bought ID for  
$10 in their name at one of those sleazy "Passport photos/ID" places downtown  
before going.  I travelled several times on vouchers from three different  
friends, all of them female (I'm male), although their names weren't dead  
giveaways, i.e. "Erin".  I did get carded, but only one time in New York. I  
forget if it was Kennedy or LaGuardia.  They asked for ID both at check-in and  
the gate, but that was only one leg of about five round trip flights, usually  
with transfers in the Midwest.  One time my friend had it issued at a place  
that put a title in front of the name, so I wound up flying as "Ms." Erin X.   
Nobody noticed, although my hair was fairly long at the time, so perhaps it was  
more the case that no one told me what an ugly "woman" I was.
	I guess I'm saying that I've found it fairly well worth it to take the  
risk, rarely actually being carded.  Unless the ticket specifically says to ask  
for ID they won't, and I'm not sure they say that anymore.  Even when they do  
have "ID required" printed on it, they usually don't check, and at the one  
airport they did I just flashed my cheesy "California Resident Card" or  
whatever it was and the stewardess smiled and let me board.
	If you do decide to use someone else's vouchers, the ticket usually has  
to be bought with the AMEX card of the same name, so go with the person to the  
travel agency and "help" them decide their itinerary, in case the dates or  
times you want to fly aren't available.  Also going to an agency that you know  
doesn't issue a gender specific title may help.  I always go to Council Travel  
on 42nd street in Seattle.  To be honest they're not that great of a travel  
agency, but it was worth it for my peace of mind to not fly as a "Ms.", and the  
fare's the same wherever you go.
	Also, if you do decide to get some sort of ID in another's name, pick a  
state that you're not flying out of or into, as it's easier to spot as a fake.   
I picked California, as I was flying between New York and Seattle.  I had no  
idea what the zip codes were down there, so I picked five random numbers.  The  
lady who owns the place took one look and said in a gruff German accent: "This  
isn't a California zip code!  This is somewhere back East!"  So she pulled out  
a little book that had the zip codes of all the states, and told me to "get it  
right!"
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