LTC scam: MPs may also be inflating air travel bills

NEW DELHI: The government is being used to defraud forged airline tickets stench is spreading in Parliament.


Here is the latest shocker comes to defraud the government in collusion with travel agents who have been sending forged airline tickets can not just government officials. According to several sources, members of parliament, with similarly inflated supply of flight tickets to travel agents seems to be a well-oiled network.



At least one Member of Parliament that he was a victim of the racket TOI confirmed. The contents of the letter were shared with TOI.

In addition, they are also entitled to a year, 34 business class ticket.

34 Business Class ticket can be used in different ways, with lawmakers can take spouses or partners. Spouse / partner using these tickets can go alone to eight times. Unused tickets are for next year.

MPs to claim their tickets two ways. He is also on the first floor of Parliament can get tickets at the counter of Air India.

Second, the preferred way, through travel agents and boarding pass tickets, e-tickets and vouchers submitted for reimbursement to the full. MP's bank account the money is reimbursed. Any airline tickets can be booked through travel agents.

In the second method is that it exists scandal. Has complained to the president, the MP said, he Delhi Regal Building, Connaught Place, located in buy your tickets through a travel agent used. MP the "representative agent" Stuck said thought.

He bought the ticket at low prices to supply the travel agent an "exaggerated" amount that was charged. He felt something was wrong, he Gulmohar Enclave located close to a new travel agent. But here again, realized he was running a racket. He suspects that private staff may also be involved.

In some instances, it takes joining the lawmaker's personal staff.

Parliament Secretariat flourish this racket is lax auditing system, officials claimed. Which may well be the only fake e-tickets and boarding passes, which presented a simple audit of claims submitted by MPs being.

LTC also comes across as fake or forged airline tickets to claim a huge racket to proceed.

Government Uses airline Aksechs' words, Achtions against Thame

Airlines' own executives - an American Airlines U.S. Airways merger in New York to make his case against the government relies on an unusual source of evidence.

Flights .

For example, America's first May 21, 2008 a charge for a first checked bag is announced, just three weeks later when United and U.S. Airways introduced their own pilot.

Suite Notes "Similarly, in just two weeks in the spring period, all four legacy airlines, $ 150 to $ 200 change fee for domestic travel increased their tickets."

But the consolidation of the industry in five years shows real damage airfares.

The average cost of a round trip domestic tickets - including baggage and reservation change fees - adjusted for inflation, from $ 351.48 in 2008, an increase of $ 378.62 last year.

American and U.S. Airways is only the second most among centers, overlap on 12 nonstop routes. Seven of them have no competition.

For example, American and U.S. Airways Fresno, California, to offer one-stop service to Tampa are the only two airlines, Fla add three daily flights offers in the Chap Air Flight book Dallas, Phoenix U.S. Airways is adding three. In a merger, missing some of those flights and fares are likely to increase.

U.S. Airways also often deeply cheap ticket connecting flights with other airlines constantly interrupted.

For example, from Miami to Cincinnati, for U.S. $ 740 recently offered a frequent flyer. United Airlines and Delta Air Lines had connecting flights for the same price - $ 762. But U.S. Airways offered $ 471 for a connecting flight.

This kind of cut-rate fares, the Government will disappear to make his case to the airlines' own research uses. Sue would predict that rents will go off or some other airline in the U.S., citing an October 2012 internal analysis "combined with Delta and pricing susceptible to reactionary."