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I’ve never tried it myself but a couple of my friends did. They told the check-in staff that they were on their honeymoon and got upgrades. Of course, none of them really were on their honeymoon.
Lots of people have successfully used this trick to get freebies or upgrades in hotels, restaurants or airlines. But due to the number of hoaxers, people in travel business have started asking for proof before the free champagne starts flowing.
If you really are on your honeymoon, as advised by travelsupermarket:

make sure that everyone (travel agent, hotel, airline, restaurant) knows it
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A great summer offer to residents of the UK and Ireland from British Airways…  

A one-way flight to Lisbon — where you can travel around for a lot cheaper than most of its EU neighbors – will only set you back £49.   You should really take advantage of this.  Give me a couple of hours and I can give you a great Lisbon guide for budget travelers.
Should you want to take advantage of British Airways’ offer but have other destinations in mind, you can check offers for flights within Europe here.
Note that you only have until the 17th of July to book for travels between 22 August 2007 …read more

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Airlines have this nasty habit of overbooking their flights. In order to make sure that no seat is wasted, they overbook as a back-up plan should any of the passengers do not show up. BUT if and when everyone shows up and there are not enough seats to accommodate all of the passengers, the airlines look for volunteers to give up their seats and take a later flight. If there are not enough volunteers, they are left with no choice but to pick out some passengers’ name and involuntarily bump them.
If you will anyway be crashing over at …read more

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As previously reported, air passengers leaving UK will be facing an increase from February 2007. Yes, even if you have booked and paid for your flight before the tax hike was announced last December.
To repeat…

On short -haul flights, you can expect a tax increase of £5 to £10 per economy class passenger.
On long-haul flights, you have to cough up £40 for economy class (double for business class but that definitely would not apply to you, dear budget traveler).

Note that AIRLINES ARE DEMANDING FURTHER PAYMENTS FROM TRAVELERS FOR TICKETS BOOKED BEFORE THE TAX HIKE WAS ANNOUNCED.
RyanAir will send an e-mail …read more

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