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Ticket consolidators offer bargain flights overseas
but are not always the smartest buys .
By Lisa S<strong>and</strong>ers <strong>and</strong> Alex<strong>and</strong>ra Alger
"0WE'RG A FACTORY OL'-LET
for airlines to close out inventon',"
explains Gary
Marshall, vice president of
sales <strong>and</strong> marketing for Jetset
Tours, a major ticket
consolidator in Los Angeles
. "An airline seat that
goes empu• todas• can't be
filled tomorro«' ."
Like its competitors, Jetset
has access to blocks of
unsold airline seats at prices
below those available to
consumers . Some conso!idators
retail some of those
seats directly to bargainhunting
traaelers .
Sa~' vou want to fle New
York to London Friday .
Sept . 22, remrningon Sept .
29 . The lowest fares «e
were quoted, checking
with a haif=dozen consoli-
,dators, ranged from $403
to 5440, th'ing name-br<strong>and</strong>
carriers such as Air India,
British