Passengers or travel agents sometimes construct a multi-leg ticket that originates in a neighboring country with weaker currency or lower market demand. The traveler simply skips the first leg or uses it as a cheap positioning flight to access a long-haul route at a massive discount. Airlines actively audit and penalize this practice because it bypasses their revenue management algorithms.
Revenue protection flagged his itinerary because he booked a cross-border ticket out of Cairo but tried to board in London.
Related terms
Back to back ticket
A ticketing strategy using overlapping round-trip itineraries to bypass airline pricing rules.
Ticket designator
An alphanumeric code on an airline ticket indicating a specific fare type or discount.
Commercial
Relating to airports or flight operations that handle paying passengers and cargo.