A) In March/April when schools are going on Spring Break and college kids are heading
off to the fun in the sun
B) When the cold is so cold that your toes have turned a shade of blue only an
optometrist would recognize. (i.e. November/December).
Goto the major airline or your choice, most major airlines are pretty good
about this, but don't keep repating it to the same one over and over again.
BUY a ticket, round trip to destination: Sunny Place, USA. (Ie. Florida, or
someplace where EVERYONE wasnt's to go that time of year), then with cash,
shell out the plane fare ... (Don't worry... you'll get that back...)
Then... when that March or April day comes around (you better time this JUST
right!) ... wait for all the DELAY signals the airlines give you... eventually
they will come around to passengers and ask if they would like to wait until
the next flight, so that they can make space on the plane. IF THIS HAPPENS, JUMP!
ask to be placed on the next flight out... they will issue you a bump ticket.
(more on this later). If you DONT get any DELAYS, you don't get and requests
for a WAIT FOR NEXT FLIGHT and you don't see any real big time need for space
on the plane, then CANCEL your reservations... you get the cash back, because,
until you actually step on the plane, you ticket is only a reservation, and not a sale... MAKE SURE you can get refunds! Make SURE that if you cancel, you only do this LAST MINUTE.
Bump Tickets (AKA the Free Trip anywhere).
You hear about these everywhere, but here is how they work. An airline will
make you wait at the terminal for the next AVAILABLE plane out (which may be 6
