Ep. 3336 - Q&A: “Is there a way to trade plane tickets for profit?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Today's listener has a creative idea, but also some sky-high problems to solve. Is it possible to trade unused plane tickets between passengers with different names?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:52.6 | Lemonada. Is there a way to trade plane tickets for profit? Can you book a plane ticket and then like maybe the fare is low and then later if the fair rises go and |
| 1:12.6 | sell it to somebody else who benefits but you also profit i think that's kind of a scenario here |
| 1:17.0 | we've got a listener with a creative idea uh they also have some sky high problems to solve |
| 1:22.5 | um just because of how names and IDs work on plane tickets, both in the U.S., but also internationally. |
| 1:29.7 | You know how when you book a plane ticket, you've got to provide your information. |
| 1:32.9 | And the idea is that this is for security, but some of it is, but a lot of it is also to make more money for airlines because most airlines do not allow you to change the name on a ticket. |
| 1:43.6 | Now, there are some updates here. We first recorded a version of this question years ago, and so I've got some updates in the answer. There is a service that does this. So we'll talk about it from a side hustle perspective, but it is still a bit difficult. Nevertheless, I respect the creativity. So let's look at some options. I'll also give them some other business ideas. So if this one doesn't work, I'm going to give you a couple others and not just for our caller, but for anybody else out there as well. |
| 2:04.6 | Feel free to steal any business idea I ever mentioned. There's so many of them on the show, |
| 2:08.5 | and I want you to take action. All right. Detailed question and my answer coming right up. |
| 2:26.8 | Hi, Chris. this is Jasmine from Baltimore, Maryland, and I've been following your work since the art of nonconformity. |
| 2:29.2 | And I have a travel-related question. |
| 2:37.6 | When you fly in the U.S., the TSA checks your ID with your boarding pass so that no one else can fly with your ticket. |
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