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re: United, Orbitz sue man publicizing loophole to get cheaper airfares
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:09 am to GrammarKnotsi
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:09 am to GrammarKnotsi
What are you talking about? Rarely does a person have to stay on the same plane to continue to the next destination. It's almost always a change over.
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:10 am to ell_13
Yeah, the only time I remember staying on the plane is flying SW.
Also can't check bags with this trick, but I rarely do that anyway.
Also can't check bags with this trick, but I rarely do that anyway.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:10 am to Tiger Ryno
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:11 am to GrammarKnotsi
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You sit beside someone on a flight from A to C, with a stop in B...
That passenger does not get back on when you arrive in B and are ready to head to C..
Do you freak out or just roll with it
I just assume that they either missed boarding or that they meant to stay there. I don't really worry about other people in those kinds of situations.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:11 am to TH03
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I guess if you just buy one way tickets, it works
I used to do that when I was in the military, but almost every time I did I was singled out and searched like a smuggler.
I think the airlines get a bounty if they point a smuggler out.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:11 am to RedRifle
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the McCallister family didn't leave their home in the suburbs an hour earlier
This is a little different situation. This is people not getting to the airport in time. The issue I brought up is someone who is on the flight who might have gotten lost in the airport. This person has made their flight but just walked away. Kinda like if a person took a cruise to mexico and got off because it was cheaper than flying.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:13 am to RedRifle
Comment by American Airlines
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“Purchasing a ticket to a point beyond the actual destination and getting off the aircraft at the connecting point is unethical,” according to the letter by American, which isn’t party to the case. “It is tantamount to switching price tags to obtain a lower price on goods sold at department stores.”
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:15 am to Downtown Devin Brown
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This is a little different situation
True.
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This person has made their flight but just walked away.
But is the airline responsible for this person (we're presuming this is an adult)? You're free to get off at any stop right? You can't be trapped on all legs if you don't want to.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:16 am to GrammarKnotsi
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I think to myself..What does he know about this next leg, that he didn't want to be on the plane...
You do realize most people change planes to make a connection? I have rarely been on the same plane for an entire trip if it has to stop.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:19 am to fatboydave
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“Purchasing a ticket to a point beyond the actual destination and getting off the aircraft at the connecting point is unethical,” according to the letter by American, which isn’t party to the case. “It is tantamount to switching price tags to obtain a lower price on goods sold at department stores.”
Is it really though, when the airlines are offering the lower prices themselves? I'd say it's more like a coffee shop only showing the price of a small coffee, but you buy the large size which actually costs less, then you don't finish it.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:20 am to fatboydave
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“It is tantamount to switching price tags to obtain a lower price on goods sold at department stores.”
No it's not.
It's comparable to buying a 44 oz drink at Circle K because it's $.10 less than the 22 oz. drink and you don't feel bad about throwing away the last 1/4 of it if you don't finish it all.
This post was edited on 12/30/14 at 10:20 am
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:20 am to fatboydave
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Comment by American Airlines
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“Purchasing a ticket to a point beyond the actual destination and getting off the aircraft at the connecting point is unethical,” according to the letter by American, which isn’t party to the case. “It is tantamount to switching price tags to obtain a lower price on goods sold at department stores.”
What a stupid analogy.
Wouldn't it be like wanting to buy a new video game, so you go to the store. The store has the video game for $60. But over on this shelf, they have the same exact video game, plus an additional controller, for $45. So you buy the $45 package so you could get the game for cheaper even though you didn't need the controller.
Isn't that more accurate?
I'm interested to see which way the court leans on this..
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:21 am to CheerWhine
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Is it really though, when the airlines are offering the lower prices themselves? I'd say it's more like a coffee shop only showing the price of a small coffee, but you buy the large size which actually costs less, then you don't finish it.
Exactly. You and I should be supreme court judges.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:22 am to CheerWhine
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Is it really though, when the airlines are offering the lower prices themselves? I'd say it's more like a coffee shop only showing the price of a small coffee, but you buy the large size which actually costs less, then you don't finish it.
Good analogy. In high school my friends and I would frequent a local diner. The normal price for a double cheeseburger meal was like $6.50 but they had an off menu item called the Wimpy Meal which was four single cheeseburgers and a double order of fries for $8.50. We would order that and split it paying $4.25 a piece.
This post was edited on 12/30/14 at 10:26 am
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:22 am to RedRifle
I did this once with Delta. It was cheaper to go from Columbia, SC to Baton Rouge through Atlanta than from Atlanta direct to Baton Rouge.
That was years ago, and they probably cracked down a lot on it since then.
That was years ago, and they probably cracked down a lot on it since then.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:27 am to Tiger Ryno
Wait..hemorrhoids come in packs?
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:27 am to fatboydave
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It is tantamount to switching price tags t
Tantamount??? I'll show them whats TANTAMOUNT!
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:30 am to RedRifle
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But is the airline responsible for this person (we're presuming this is an adult)?
To a certain extent yes. To the extent of getting them to their destination safely, it is the airline's responsibility.
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You're free to get off at any stop right? You can't be trapped on all legs if you don't want to.
Have no clue. I don't know the rules if its a flight where you don't leave the plane.
I guess the solution is for the passenger to notify the airline that he/she is not boarding the next flight.
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:31 am to Downtown Devin Brown
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Airlines tend to wait for/try to find people who have already checked in.
Like bloody hell they do. Then why do I have to run screaming through the airport to catch my connecting flight only to see them close the door with 5 minutes to go?
Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:33 am to fatboydave
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“It is tantamount to switching price tags to obtain a lower price on goods sold at department stores.”
This dumb analogy would equate to buying a ticket from BR to Dallas but getting on a flight headed to Hawaii once you got to the BR airport.
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