re: Lufthansa sues a passenger who missed second leg of flight for “hidden ticketing”

The end result of this lawsuit will be more people skipping legs and costing Lufthansa more money, although this has been going on forever

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So he paid for his ticket, didn't use one leg of the flight, and purchased a separate ticket and they are suing him?

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I mean really. They made more off the guy. Give the seat to a standby passenger you get to sell it twice

I have no clue what that means.

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Have you listed on their passenger manifest if the plane crashes. That could be a problem.

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In today's electronic world you're not on the manifest unless your boarding pass for that flight is scanned.

If one does this habitually , I can see getting put on the shite list, but one could easily fake an illness every now and then.

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For instance, today I was delayed and had to fly out of an alternate airport to make my connection. I asked the agent for the reason for the delay. Her response was "weather". Because I've looked into this, weather is not the entirety of the explanation and they are required to specify further. The original delay was due to late crew arrival (presumably because of weather)...however, that is the airline's fault...not an act of God.

So I will be refunded for my expenses to travel from the alternate airport.

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I have no clue what that means

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A WWII B-25 bombardier named Joseph Heller wrote a book titled Catch-22. It has been in print over 50 years, sold over 10 million copies and made into a movie in 1970. It is widely considered to be among the most influential English language novels of the 20th century.

Set in WWII, the character Doc Daneeka is a flight surgeon who is afraid to fly. He has his pilot friends add him to their manifests so he can accumulate the necessary flight hours to collect his monthly flight pay without actually having to fly.

His plan goes well until he is listed on the manifest of a plane that crashes and burns with no survivors. He is very much alive, because he wasn't actually on the plane, but Army Air Forces declare him dead. He stops receiving his pay. His wife collects on his life insurance policies and moves back to her family. His children all think he's dead. Meanwhile, he's stuck at a military base on an island off the coast of Italy with no hope of ever convincing the military buraucracy that he is indeed alive.

It's a bizarre, but funny book. Everyone should read it.

Do you have any links to articles breaking down these type of things the avg traveler doesnt know? Like good ones not common sense stuff that come up in first few pages of google searches. Thx

Last time I tried purchase back-to-back tickets Delta's online ticketing was smart enough to catch it and wouldn't sell me the second ticket because of the overlapping itineraries.

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Do you have any links to articles breaking down these type of things the avg traveler doesnt know? Like good ones not common sense stuff that come up in first few pages of google searches. Thx

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I wish I would write down stuff. But it’s part the airline nerd in me and part reading through hundreds of threads on FlyerTalk or articles on The Points Guy, etc.

The general thing is to politely ask questions and come into any contact with airline employees with options. They’ve continually become more empowered to make decisions on their own vs. following “rules” per-se.