If you live in a small city, be willing to drive to a big airport to use an award ticket, since short trips on small jets can limit availability.

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In November, shortly after moving to a Brooklyn short-term sublet, former ticket broker Brown put his two tickets to the Alabama-Notre Dame game on Craigslist in the hope not of selling them, but of trading them for six months of housing (story here).

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There is concern among some developers that too much big-ticket supply is arriving over a short period.

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Do you have to buy a ticket in order to get on the short list the next time a portfolio assignment comes up?

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"Whilst in the short term this will only benefit non-season ticket holders, it is my intention to offer an additional one-game discount to those season ticket holders who renew for 2010 in the 'early bird' period when it is announced, " said O'Connor.

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In addition, they anticipate that expenditures on repair and remodel activity will be challenged in the second half of 2010 and expect that big-ticket items will continue to be deferred, in the short-term, until general economic conditions, unemployment, consumer confidence, credit availability and home prices improve.

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Season ticket sales, currently at less than 700, figure to fall short of Sky Blue's pre-recession goal of 1, 000 seats.

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In short, position yourself in a profession where clients routinely hand over their money for big-ticket purchases (e.g. houses, boats, planes, etc.), or investment purposes.

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It will further cement a short-term brand for the Clippers that will surely fuel a record-breaking off-season of season ticket renewals and new season ticket sales.

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