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Chapter 5
Transportation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Additional Liability Insurance | Extending coverage beyond the named insured to include other individuals or groups not originally named in the policy. |
| American Automobile Association | Auto Insurance company |
| Amtrak | a federal passenger railway service in the US, operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. |
| Boarding Pass | a pass for boarding an aircraft, given to passengers when checking in. |
| Bumped | when an airline over books a flight |
| Business Class | a class of seating on an aircraft that is superior to economy class but less expensive than first class |
| Charter | the reservation of an aircraft, boat, or bus for private use |
| Collision Damage Waiver | a type of insurance that covers a costumer from the cost of damage or theft of a rental vehicle |
| Connecting Flight | when a passenger gets off one airplane to get on another |
| Direct Flight | a single flight number that includes one or more stops along the way |
| Economy Class | the baseline class you can sit on in an airplane |
| Excess Baggage Charge | luggage weighing more than the limit allowed on an aircraft and liable to an extra charge. |
| Federal Aviation Administration | responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation in the United States. |
| First Class | the best and most expensive accommodation |
| Motorcoach | a self-propelled railway passenger carriage |
| Nonstop Flight | a single flight that takes off and lands once |
| One-Way Trip | When you only book transportation to your destination and not back |
| Open-Jaw Trip | refers to an airline ticket where the outbound flight lands at one airport while the return flight departs from another. |
| Overbook | accept more people than the transportation can hold |
| Round-Trip | When you book transportation to and back from the destination |
| Standby | when something is put on hold |
| Tourist Destination | denoting a place that people will make a special trip to visit |
| Transportation Security administration | responsible for ensuring the security of the traveling public in the United States. |