Students receive low air fares flying as couriers
By Stephanie Ebbert
■ The Review
U. of Delaware
Imagine flying to Europe for $299, or
to Bermuda for $99 round tnp.
Students can receive these 50 to 85
percent discounts on air fare by flying as
couriers, transporting letters, blue
prints and other materials to delivery
company contacts overseas or around
the country.
There’s no risk of espionage charges,
and drug trafficking is not in question
The only catch is the courier cannot bn ng
luggage, only a carry-on
About 25 delivery companies sponsor
partial air fare for couriers, said Jesse 1.
Riddle, author of “A Simple Guide to
Courier Travel.” Riddle said he learned
Designer
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chased a Burneikis-made tank top and
printed pants.
Along with the positive aspects of suc
cessful entrepreneurship come time
constraints. "It takes a lot of time and
devotion,” Bumeikis said. "When 1 am
really crunched for time to do school
work, 1 have to hold back on business.
The business has always been there
when I have the time to seek and pro
mote it.”
Bumeikis attributes the interest m
his designs to his willingness to try new
things. “Originality is lacking in a lot of
things, and my clothes are a unique,
individual thing,” he said.
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early for breaks and I never really want
ed to go out on Friday nights."
Matthews said attendance is strongly
encouraged and sometimes mandatory
for students who are enrolled in a
Saturday class.
"Students who are present all the time
suffer because of the time it takes to
answer the questions asked bv students
who missed the last class.” he said.
"We don’t feel we are doing the stu
dents any harm with the policy.
Students are more likely to get the class
es they need and that is a big benefit.
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long surges of unpleasant activ
ity; plenty of quality time.
Many graduates report that
much of their quality time is
spent asleep in the first months
of Real World 101. Bedtime
moves dramatically forward
from the early hours of the morn
ing to the early hours of the
evening. The main thing to
remember about Real World 101
is that it is not a difficult course.
What is difficult is the adjust
ment to rigid hours, initially
reduced party time and increased
self-reliance.
However, most graduates,
standing at the brink of real life as
if it were a cliff, will look back in a
year and wonder how they ever
survived in the ivory-towered
fairyland of the college system
how to travel as a courier about 10 years
ago when serving as a missionary in the
U.S. territorial islands.
Delivery companies act as travel
agents by organizing trips for couriers,
Kiddle said. A traveler calls a delivery
company and tells a representative the
date he or she plans to depart The deliv
ery company then arranges for a
reduced-fare plane ticket.
"They fly every day, and every day
they’ll have something at the airport
they want you to take,” Riddle said. “It’s
more cost-effective for couriers to do it
than sending t.he luggage with Federal
Kxpress, and couriers can guarantee
overnight delivery"
The best deals are available when
scheduled couriers cancel their trips at
the last minute. At that point, delivery
companies will call other couriers and
offer deals for dramatically lower prices,
sometimes free. Riddle said
Potential couriers must be 18 years
old, and may dress casually, said Angel
t )rti/„ a booking agent for Now Voyager,
a New York ('ltv delivery company which
averages 400 flights each month A trav
eler should also know when and where
he or she wants to fly before calling the
company, < )rtiz said
Now Voyager flights to London cost
$250 round trip. A one-way ticket to Los
Angeles costs $89, Ortiz said.
Many elderly people and businessmen
become couriers because they make fre
quent trips, Riddle said. However, he
said, “Students are still the favorites of
courier companies. Lhev know students
are on a low budget and have pretty flex
ible schedules.”
The only problem for students is that
.it the times they generally choose to
travel, such as spring break, courier
travel is often overbooked.
TNT Skypak, a delivery company
based in <Chicago, needs couriers to trav
el to London weekly and to Mexico City
four times a week Their flights, as
opposed to some other delivery company
arrangements, are based on an open
return policy, said Tim Atkins, courier
coordinator for the company
Most delivery companies are based in
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Miami Flights leave from
those cities.
Riddle s guide is not available in book
stores but can be ordered for $12.50 by
calling 1 -800-.'544-9375.
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