| Author | Message | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 348 Registered: 7-2006 |
Why did Hugo buy a return air ticket when he had no intention of flying? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 354 Registered: 8-2006 |
So he bought a flight ticket written out on his name? Did anyone else use it? It was a ticket from A to B and back to A? He flew neither from A to B nor from B to A? Did he buy it in A? in B? Were the flight details like airline and dates specified on the ticket? Did he do anything else with the ticket? Did he keep it to the moment when the flight took place? Are there more people involved? Did anyone want him to buy a ticket? or expect him? or did he want anyone to think that he would take the plane? Is there some criminal background? Would the puzzle work with a train ticket? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 349 Registered: 7-2006 |
Tobasi, So he bought a flight ticket written out on his name? YES Did anyone else use it? NO It was a ticket from A to B and back to A? YES He flew neither from A to B nor from B to A? CORRECT Did he buy it in A? in B? A - OR IRRELEVANT Were the flight details like airline and dates specified on the ticket? YES - OR IRRELEVANT Did he do anything else with the ticket? YES Did he keep it to the moment when the flight took place? YES Are there more people involved? NO Did anyone want him to buy a ticket? or expect him? or did he want anyone to think that he would take the plane? NO Is there some criminal background? NO Would the puzzle work with a train ticket? ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT GOOD QUESTIONS | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 356 Registered: 8-2006 |
Did the seat reserved on his name stay empty? Did he use the ticket to transport some object or animal? Was the ticket as such important to him? because of its shape? size? colour? material? smell? Was any information written on the ticket important to him: his name? the names of the place of departure and destination? Did he carefully choose: the departure and destination? the dates? the airline? first class, business or economy class? the place of the seat (window or aisle, front or back of the plane)? Are type or size of the plane relevant? Was it a direct flight? Did the flight actually take place? Did he go to the airport? Is it relevant where he bought the ticket? Was it him who payed for it? Was the price of the ticket recompensed by: some personal satisfaction? some financial gain? was he refunded? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 350 Registered: 7-2006 |
Tobasi, Did the seat reserved on his name stay empty? YES Did he use the ticket to transport some object or animal? NO Was the ticket as such important to him? because of its shape? size? colour? material? smell? NO Was any information written on the ticket important to him: his name? the names of the place of departure and destination? NO Did he carefully choose: the departure and destination? the dates? the airline? first class, business or economy class? the place of the seat (window or aisle, front or back of the plane)? NOT PARTICULARLY Are type or size of the plane relevant? NO Was it a direct flight? YES Did the flight actually take place? YES Did he go to the airport? YES Is it relevant where he bought the ticket? NO Was it him who payed for it? YES Was the price of the ticket recompensed by: some personal satisfaction? some financial gain? YES was he refunded? NO REGARDS PAUL | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 445 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was he planning to stay? Was he planning to go somewhere else? Was it his own idea to buy the ticket? Did he tell someone else that he bought the ticket? Relevant who? Does he suspect that someone knows what tickets he buys? Is he interested in what other people would be on this trip? Does the ticket give him access to a place he would not be able to access otherwise? Does he use that opportunity? Was the ticket for himself? Is it the last available ticket to that place? Does buying the ticket prevent someone else to go there? Did he need the frequent flyer miles? Any other bonus connected to buying the ticket? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 351 Registered: 7-2006 |
Snoozer, Was he planning to stay? STAY WHERE? Was he planning to go somewhere else? NO Was it his own idea to buy the ticket? YES Did he tell someone else that he bought the ticket? Relevant who? NO Does he suspect that someone knows what tickets he buys? NO Is he interested in what other people would be on this trip? NO Does the ticket give him access to a place he would not be able to access otherwise? YES Does he use that opportunity? YES Was the ticket for himself? YES Is it the last available ticket to that place? NO Does buying the ticket prevent someone else to go there? NO Did he need the frequent flyer miles? Any other bonus connected to buying the ticket? NO GOOD IDEAS | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 357 Registered: 8-2006 |
Did he check in? go into to the security area? go through the gate? take the bus from the gate to the plane? step into the plane? Did he carry any relevant luggage? including any relevant objects? Did he stay somewhere at the airport? until the arrival of the return flight? Did he do or experience anything relevant somewhere at the airport? How long was the interval between the first and the return flight? hours? days? weeks? Did he have financial gain doing this? Or did he obtain personal satisfaction? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 446 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is he working for the airport? Any airline? Is there another person inside the airport which is relevant for the puzzle? Does he want to meet that person? Say something? Stop him/her? Man or woman? More than one? Does he succeed in meeting that person/s? Any strong emotional ties between them? Is he police? Homeland security? Relevant? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 352 Registered: 7-2006 |
Tobasi, Did he check in? YES go into to the security area? YES go through the gate? NO take the bus from the gate to the plane? step into the plane? NO Did he carry any relevant luggage? including any relevant objects? NO Did he stay somewhere at the airport? until the arrival of the return flight? NO Did he do or experience anything relevant somewhere at the airport? YES How long was the interval between the first and the return flight? hours? days? weeks? IRRELEVANT Did he have financial gain doing this? YES Or did he obtain personal satisfaction? MAYBE | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 353 Registered: 7-2006 |
Snoozer, Is he working for the airport? Any airline? NO Is there another person inside the airport which is relevant for the puzzle? Does he want to meet that person? Say something? Stop him/her? Man or woman? More than one? Does he succeed in meeting that person/s? Any strong emotional ties between them? NO Is he police? Homeland security? Relevant? NO | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 448 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does he make it through the security check? Would he with the same level of security as today? Does he have extra security clearance? Does he bring anything inside? If so, does he still have it when he is coming out? Does he bring anything out he did not have on the way in? Duty Free shopping? Is it he staying inside for a long time? Minutes? Hours? Days? Is he hiding? Running away from someone? Are they calling out his name on the speaker for immediate boarding? Does he want anyone to hear that? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 354 Registered: 7-2006 |
Snoozer, Does he make it through the security check? YES Would he with the same level of security as today? YES Does he have extra security clearance? NO Does he bring anything inside? If so, does he still have it when he is coming out? YES, YES Does he bring anything out he did not have on the way in? Duty Free shopping? YES Is he staying inside for a long time? Minutes? Hours? Days? HOURS Is he hiding? Running away from someone? NO Are they calling out his name on the speaker for immediate boarding? YES Does he want anyone to hear that? NO | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 408 Registered: 8-2005 |
Good Evening Paul Would this work if he only had a one way ticket? Were his actions completely legal? Did he leave the airport in the same manner has he entered? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 355 Registered: 7-2006 |
Martin Would this work if he only had a one way ticket? YES Were his actions completely legal? PROBABLY NOT Did he leave the airport in the same manner as he entered? YES REGARDS PAUL | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 409 Registered: 8-2005 |
So did he leave the airport through the area usually meant for departures? or the normal arrivals area? Did he leave and re-enter the airport at any point? i.e. Did he stay in the building to get from departures to arrivals? (just to clarify what I am trying to ask: When you go through security into the departure lounge this is usually seperate from the arrivals area that you go when you land to reclaim your cases etc. and I would not have thought it that easy to get from one to the other and trying to get back out of departures may have caused him a few problems) How long was he in the airport: Less than 10 minutes? less than an hour? less than 6 hours? Less than 12 hours? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 449 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is he making someone believe that he is going away? That he is going to the place the ticket is for? Is the ticket his alibi for being away during a specific time? Is he planning to do something while he is "away"? If so, crime? Does he just want to pick up some duty free goods? Does he try to refund his ticket? Would something not work if he did? Did he succeed? Is he close to his hometown (within reasonable taxi distance)? Far away? Is he out on a trip already when he buys the ticket? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 356 Registered: 7-2006 |
Martin, So did he leave the airport through the area usually meant for departures? or the normal arrivals area? DEPARTURES I BELIEVE Did he leave and re-enter the airport at any point? NO i.e. Did he stay in the building to get from departures to arrivals? NO (just to clarify what I am trying to ask: When you go through security into the departure lounge this is usually seperate from the arrivals area that you go when you land to reclaim your cases etc. and I would not have thought it that easy to get from one to the other and trying to get back out of departures may have caused him a few problems) How long was he in the airport: Less than 10 minutes? less than an hour? less than 6 hours? Less than 12 hours? LESS THAN 6 HOURS | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 357 Registered: 7-2006 |
Snoozer, Is he making someone believe that he is going away? That he is going to the place the ticket is for? NO - NOT IN THE THE WAY I THINK YOU MEAN Is the ticket his alibi for being away during a specific time? NO Is he planning to do something while he is "away"? If so, crime? NO Does he just want to pick up some duty free goods? YES Does he try to refund his ticket? NO Would something not work if he did? Did he succeed? I DON'T UNDERSTAND Is he close to his hometown (within reasonable taxi distance)? YES Far away? Is he out on a trip already when he buys the ticket? NO | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 410 Registered: 8-2005 |
Does he sell the duty frees he buys for a profit? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 358 Registered: 7-2006 |
Snoozer and Martin, Well done * * * SPOILER * * * Hugo checked in at the airport and went through security to the departure lounge. He did all his Christmas shopping in the duty free area and saved far more money than the ticket had cost. He waited until the flight had left and then apologised to the authorities for missing his flight. There was no other flight to the destination that day so he was told off and sent home. Mission accomplished. |
