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 Continued from page 16 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. Saturdays Continued from page 16 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. Real World Continued from page 16 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