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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 21:42:47 GMT
Must be the day for it  I was speaking with essentially a couple of strangers during a 5K I walked yesterday. We were commiserating how unprepared we were, LOL! The conversation eventually lead to traveling (they were from southern California, having moved here 4 year years ago for his job). I talked about how I rarely can find a decent fare (i.e., cheap) to Denver. The husband made the following suggestion: Find a deal, with SW for instance, going to LA that changes planes in Denver. Then, simply don't get on the new plane. Wouldn't TSA and/or SW get pretty annoyed at this? I haven't even looked to see if the prices would even work out (meaning, I'd find a cheaper 1 stop flight to LA through Denver, vs. a non-stop or 1-stop to Denver alone). Just curious if anyone has thought of this, done this or why you know it's really not a good idea |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 21:57:08 GMT
I've been told that if you cancel or don't get on one leg of the trip, they cancel the rest, so you wouldn't be able to get on the flight home. And yes, they have programs to watch for this specific thing. There was a guy with a website that was undercutting a lot of fares by doing stuff like this and he got sued.
And I don't know if they still hold planes for arriving/changing passengers, but I do know they call names over the main system at the airport looking for specific people as if they know they have landed and need to board the new plane. And I think if you were to do this often enough they would blacklist you, especially since now your name must EXACTLY match your ID. So you can't finagle with different names. |
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Post by quiltz on Apr 25, 2016 22:01:25 GMT
What would you do for the return trip? If you don't get on the flight in LA how do you board in Denver?
Basically this is fraud.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 22:01:46 GMT
Really good points, luvspaper. I had thought of a couple of those things but not others. I certainly was not about to try it. And he may have been pulling my leg and I wasn't reading him well enough.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 22:02:39 GMT
What would you do for the return trip? If you don't get on the flight in LA how do you board in Denver? Basically this is fraud. Yep, that was my thought as well. Again, I wasn't about to attempt it myself but thought it would make for interesting conversation. |
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Post by basketdiva on Apr 25, 2016 22:03:59 GMT
What do you do for the return trip? If you don't check in at the original final destination, your ticket will be cancelled.
And yes the airlines don't like it. Some guy wrote a guide about how to do it. I seem to remember the airlines sueing him. Never heard the outcome.
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Apr 25, 2016 22:11:33 GMT
I have nothing to add to the conversation but wanted to tell you Murphy that I love your new avatar picture! |
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Apr 25, 2016 22:29:10 GMT
I remember YEARS ago that this was done. Since 9/11 and all the new security measures that have been put into place that it can't be done anymore.
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Post by Sparki on Apr 25, 2016 23:13:40 GMT
I did that once, but it only really effected the last leg of my journey. Basically, I flew out of Birmingham, AL, then on my return, the flight stopped over in Atlanta, and I got off there, since I lived in Atlanta. It was a bit of a hassle, and I never did it again. I didn't have any checked luggage, as that would have made it a no-go.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Apr 25, 2016 23:13:50 GMT
The lawsuit talked about above was thrown out so the website still exists and the kid who runs it says that he works 7 days a week to keep up with the demand of helping folks do this. So people are still doing it. He updated a Reddit post just a few months ago talking about the case.
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Post by Dani-Mani on Apr 25, 2016 23:27:25 GMT
I remember YEARS ago that this was done. Since 9/11 and all the new security measures that have been put into place that it can't be done anymore. [ It definitely can be done still. It's just definitely NOT recommended. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 23:33:46 GMT
Dh spends about 6 months of the year in hotels all over the country for work so suffice it to say "he flies a lot".
We live two hours from DFW. Our small town has an airport w 4 gates and six flights a day that *all* go to Dallas.
He flies out of our little airport commonly...takes the hop over to Dallas and then goes to wherever from there. its not uncommon for dh to be returning home on a Friday afternoon so Sometimes, if I can get away, I like to meet him in Dallas and we have dinner and I drive him home.
He always alerts the airline before the flight time that he will not be using the last leg of his flight and depending on the type of ticket purchased, sometimes they even refund that portion of the cost. Not usually...but sometimes. It's nominal.
The key is to notify the airline that you will not be continuing on your flight and do so well in advance of the departing flight's scheduled departure time.
People adjust flights all the time, planes get overbooked...passengers go standby...it's all about communication with the airline *before* the scheduled departure.
And niceness. He gets all kinds of situations resolved because he's nice, especially in airports.
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