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The Truth About Consolidator Fares: Part One

Thu Oct 9, 2:46 PM ET

They're elusive. The airlines don't like to talk about them (we asked). And determining their legitimacy from among the myriad websites that claim to specialize in them is a Herculean task. We're talking about consolidator fares, those secret airfares the airlines release in limited "buckets" to companies that re-sell them for big discounts.

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