For example, under the industry's byzantine fare structure, it is sometimes cheaper for a traveler to purchase a ticket to a distant city but to leave the plane at an intermediate stopover point -- which is his actual destination.

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And a few days ago, according to one source, he was put on a plane for Amman, Jordan -- an intermediate stop on his journey home.

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