Vashandi vendege vanowanzo tengesa mapasi avanogashira semari kubva kuvashandirwi vavo. Kuzvitenga kunogona kurwadza.
Rick Schroeder naJason Chafetz pavakaona nzvimbo yeInternet vachitengesa ndege “mapasi eshamwari,” vakafunga kuti vakanga vawana mari.
Ndege dzinopa mapasi semari kuvashandi, vanoashandisa kana kuapa kushamwari nemhuri kuti vabhururuke vakamira nechikamu chemutengo wakajairika. Schroeder naChafetz vaizongobhadhara mutero nemari mundege dzavo, kuchengetedza zviuru zvemadhora pazororo rakarongwa raChikunguru.
Shamwari dzakasangana nehukama hwavo, mumiriri wevashandi veUS Airways, paPhiladelphia International Airport mwedzi wapfuura ndokumubhadhara mazana maviri emadhora ega ega, akadaro Schroeder, wechikamu cheguta reFishtown. Vakabva vangoisa mapasi ekuenda nekudzoka kuGermany kune imwezve $200.
Mushure memavhiki matatu, hurongwa hwevaviri ava hwakanga hwapera, uye murume wavo wepakati akaramba kudzoserwa mari.
"Handingaite izvi zvakare," Schroeder akadaro svondo rapfuura.
Nhamo yaSchroeder naChafetz inoratidzira dambudziko risingazivikanwe iro ndege dzinoti dziri kurwisa zuva nezuva: musika wepasi pevhu wepasi pevashandi unopfuura.
Kunyange hazvo kutengeserana kwakawanda kusingaonekwe, vakuru vemakambani endege vanoti vakakanganisa kutengesa kwakawanda mumakore achangopfuura. Vamwe vafambi vecagey, kusanganisira Schroeder, vakatoenda kunhandare dzendege vachitsvaga vashandi vanoda kuita chibvumirano.
Kunyangwe zvisiri pamutemo, kutengeserana kwemari kunotyora mitemo yekambani uye kunogona kukonzera kudzingwa kwemushandi.
“Ndinoziva kuti vendege vanopokana nazvo, asi ndakava nemamaneja endege anondibatsira chaizvo kuwana mapasi,” akadaro Schroeder. "Ndakashandisa mapfuura kanenge kagumi nemaviri."
Zvakafanana ne "tikiti-scalping," akadaro. "Unoona vanhu mhiri kweWachovia vachipopota, 'Unoda matikiti?' uye mapurisa akamira ipapo hapana chaari kuita."
David Stempler, purezidhendi weAir Travelers Association, boka rekodzero dzevatyairi, akati Indaneti yakaita kuti kutengesa kweshamwari kuve nyore. Kare, vashoma vafambi vakanga vanzwa nezvekubatsirwa kwevashandi.
Asi, Stempler akati, "Kana ukapinda munyika ino yegrey zone, vafambi vanofanirwa kungwarira."
Mukutsvaira kwayo kweInternet, kuchengetedzwa kweUS Airways kwakaona meseji imwechete yecraigslist.org yakakwezva Schroeder naChafetz ndokutsvaga mushandi, ane zita risingazivikanwe nendege. Yakadzinga mumiririri uye yakadzosera mutengo wematikiti evarume.
Izvi zvakasiya Schroeder naChafetz, vese vane makore makumi matatu nematatu, vasiya zvavakabhadhara mushandi wezvemabhizimisi, pamwe nemadhora mazana maviri nemakumi matatu ega ega pakuchengeta chitima chisingadzoreki kubva kuMunich kuenda kuPrague.
"Vatakuri vari kutarisisa vashandi vavo kuti vadzivise hutsotsi hwakadai," akadaro David Castelveter, mutauriri weAir Transport Association, inomiririra makambani makuru endege.
Vatengesi uye vangangove vafambi vanowanzotumira mameseji pawebhusaiti vachitsvaga mapasi. Vatengi zvakare vanokwevera maokisheni epamhepo akadai seBay.
“Ndiri kutsvaga chitupa cheshamwari kubva kumushandi weAmerican Airlines. . . . Ndinogona kutenga approx. $250," akanyora "Christine" mune yakajairwa post mwedzi uno paTopix.com.
"Zvakanaka, handisi muchengeti weAmerican Airlines," akawedzera gare gare.
Vashandi vendege vanopihwa migove yemapasi inopera kupera kwegore rega rega. Vashandi veUS Airways vanogashira vasere - kupfuura zvavangangokwanisa kushandisa.
Zvingave kuyedza kushandura yakawedzera kuita mari, asi "kana mutorwa akauya kwandiri ndokubvunza kana ndaizomutengesera chitupa, ndingati kwete," mutauriri weUS Airways, Philip Gee akadaro. Kana kurohwa, "Ndinogona kuita kuti mapepa angu ese adhonze, kana kuti ndingagumiswa," akadaro Gee.
"Ndicho chimwe chezvinhu izvo zvinoitika nguva nenguva pandege yega yega, uye vashandi vatsva vanogona kubatwa nazvo," akawedzera.
Kune zvakare njodzi kune mutyairi, Gee akanyevera.
Vatengi vanoshandisa mapasi havana zvigaro zvakasimbiswa, akadaro. Izvo hazviisirwe pamutengo wendege kana ndege ikanzurwa. Uyewo havabhadharwi nemabhegi akarasika.
Uye vafambi vanowana mapasi nenzira isiri iyo havadzoserwe mari yekupfuura kana kutengeserana kwaonekwa uye matikiti avo endege akakanzurwa.
Schroeder naChafetz, veRadnor, vakati vaifunga kuti mumiriri weUS Airways wavakabata naye hapana chaakaita.
“Takafungidzira kuti mukomana wacho akanga asina mari yakawanda uye akatengesa mapasi eshamwari yake yose nokukurumidza paakangoagamuchira gore negore,” Schroeder akanyorera vakuru vakuru veUS Airways.
Schroeder, injiniya wekuchengetedza ruzivo weUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System, naChafetz, muridzi wekambani yekuvaka, vaitarisira kukwidziridza kuenda kukirasi yekutanga zuva rekubhururuka kwavo. Kupfuura kweshamwari pakupedzisira kwaigona kuvachengetedza mumwe nemumwe anenge $3,500.
Vakaona kuti matikiti avo akanga akanzurwa pavakaona mari yadzoserwa pamakadhi avo echikwereti. Vendege vakanga vawana pekugara nekutsvaga mapasi.
Schroeder akati akadzokera kuUS Airways terminal uye akanzwa kuti mushandi akatengesa mapasi - uye ane zita raasingachayeuke - akange adzingwa basa.
Iye naChafetz vakatambudzwa “pasina mhosva yedu pachedu,” akanyorera vakuru vakuru veUS Airways. “Chatiri kukumbira ndechekuti rwendo rwedu rwudzoserwe nemari yatakanga taronga kubhadhara.
"Handifunge kuti zvakafanira kutiranga nekuda kwekusavimbika kwemushandi uyu."
Chafetz, akabvunzurudzwa parwendo rwebhizinesi kuThailand, akati "akaodzwa mwoyo" kuti kambani yakaramba chikumbiro chavo.
"Ndinofunga kuti ibasa [reUS Airways']," akadaro. "Vanofanira kutora kurasikirwa."
Asi vakuru vendege vanoti vakatenga shamwari vanopfuura mumwe muenzaniso wechimwe chinhu chinoita sechakanyanya kunaka kuti chive chokwadi - uye chiripo.
Vatakuri "vakasvinura," akadaro Castelveter, weAir Transport Association.
"Buddy passs haina kugadzirirwa kuwana mari."
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