Business: Cut Rates for the Over-29 Set

TRANSATLANTIC travelers whose passports relegate them to over-29 status can also take their trips for less than standard fare. They must usually sacrifice some mobility, plan well in advance and sort through a bewildering maze of ticket prices. The variety is so great that each passenger in a six-across row of a 707 airliner may have paid a different amount for his ticket. The round-trip New York-London economy fare in peak season is $555, and the price is just about the same for trips between London and Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington. Some ways a traveler can get a better...