Air fares rising. Yesterday after a long tiring day, when I switched on the news channel the scary news engulfed me. I switch on to another news channel, the same news, next and the same news. As I take out my wallet, it looks at me with a gloomy look and tries to tell me that I need to do something about my increasing travel expenses.

When I had started my operations in other cities, I was extremely concerned with the traveling expenses. I traveled by train a lot of times but it made the entire process so slow. But all the new airlines were a blessing. When these new airlines were introduced, the air fares were quite unbelievable. In fact, I was quite a late entrant to try any of these airlines. I feared that under the cover of attractive air fares would be hidden costs that will pinch my pocket. But as friends and relatives insisted, I tried and it worked well. Let me warn you somehow, all that glitters is not gold. Some of the air fare offers that seem so luring are, in reality, misleading. The best safeguard is to examine the attractive low air fares before you empty your wallet. I have learnt this over a couple of bad experiences. Condition a, b or c has to be met to make you avail the enticing offer.

Did you have a similar experience while flying where you were misled by an attractive offer?