• CameronDev@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    I have no sympathy for the airline’s. They set the pricing structure, they can fix this problem tomorrow if they wanted to. They just want to keep price gouging for direct flights.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Instead of booking a direct flight to a desired location, customers in America are purchasing multi-stop fares with a stopover in the place they intend to go, forgoing the final leg of their journey.

    Businesses argue the practice amounts to fraud because customers are purchasing flights they don’t intend to travel on, while skiplaggers believe they are simply exploiting a loophole in ticket pricing.

    The plan was for the teen to get off the plane in Charlotte where he lives, his father told local television station Queen City News, but before he could board his flight, he was stopped by gate agents and taken to a room.

    Over the years, airlines have tried suing to claw back what they say are financial losses caused by skiplagging, either by targeting individuals or sites that facilitate the practice, but making their case in court has proven tricky.

    “This practice violates our fare rules and we are taking action to stop it to help protect the vast majority of customers who buy legitimate tickets,” the airline said at the time.

    Hidden city sites in the US offer guidance to passengers on how to avoid getting caught, including not linking frequent flyer points when booking and only using carry-on baggage, a possible deterrent to customers using Australian airlines, which tend to crack down on cabin bags, Mr Chamberlin says.


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  • stoneparchment@possumpat.io
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    10 months ago

    The one travel writer the airlines appear to support is so out of touch it’s funny.

    “So if you want to save money on tickets … take a flight at lunchtime one day instead of trying to be in the office by 9:00am after landing. You can sometimes fly for half the price.”

    As if people aren’t already looking for the cheapest flight between cities on the day they need to travel. When was the last time anyone with an average income had the luxury of picking what time of day to travel?

  • Chahk@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    If airlines are allowed to overbook every flight and have hidden fees, I’m allowed to tell them to go fuck themselves by gaming their system.