Most people know to buy tickets well ahead of their planned trip as the price skyrockets closer to the date they need to fly. So what does the average Joe do when they need tickets in a hurry but they don't want to pay full-fare?

Imagine your mother, who happens to live interstate, has just been diagnosed with a terminal illness and has been given days to live. Or a business opportunity has just sprung up and requires you to travel to another part of the world.

Saving money on spontaneous air-travel seems ludicrous to most but is possible. The door opens....and in steps the consolidator...