Patent ID: 8700459

Claim:
A method of selling international travel tickets in combination with duty free items from a single merchant, comprising the steps of: offering to sell to a customer, via a computing device associated with said merchant over a computer network, a specific international travel ticket for travel with a first passenger carrier at a discounted price and one or more specific duty free items; in conjunction with said offer to sell said specific international travel ticket at said discounted price, the computing device requiring said customer to select for purchase as part of a single transaction both the specific international travel ticket and at least one specific duty free item selected from a group of one or more specific duty free items, the at least one specific duty free item to be delivered to the customer at or near an exit point or on board the passenger carrier during the travel associated with the specific international travel ticket said merchant having arranged with the first passenger carrier for delivery of the at least one specific duty free item to said customer during the travel associated with said specific international travel ticket without the merchant being required to pay at least a portion of a concession fee otherwise charged by the first passenger carrier to merchants for selling or delivering such duty free items; acknowledging, via the computing device, said customer's decision to purchase said specific international travel ticket and said at least one specific duty free item, the acknowledgment being made over said computer network; accepting, via the computing device, payment over said computer network from said customer for said specific international travel ticket and said specific duty free item; arranging for delivery, using the computing device, of said specific international travel ticket to said customer; advising, via the computing device, said customer of the method of delivery of said specific duty free item to said customer, said method of delivery being connected to said customer engaging in the international travel associated with said specific international travel ticket; and determining, via the computing device, the discounted price of said specific international travel ticket based at least in part on a dollar value of one or more duty free items which are or must be purchased from the merchant such that the portion of the concession fee not paid by the merchant on the dollar value is sufficient to allow the merchant to sell the specific international ticket at the discounted price.