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'Hidden city' travel: why airlines are cracking down on a discount trick

1 points by paublyrne 8y ago

paublyrne 8y ago
I may be misunderstanding but the article seems to be saying airlines are claiming against lost revenue from not being able to resell the seats not used by travellers who skip a leg. This makes no sense. They sell the ticket. Whether the customer uses it or not does not cause the airline to lose money. On a related note I feel like overselling flights should be illegal. You're trying to sell the same thing to two different people, which in another industry would be considered fraud.
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- ggm 8y ago
  This is an area of light handed regulation. aircraft fitness compliance is far stronger. business practices in selling seats is an almost unregulated area, noting the warsaw concerto (sorry.. warsaw convention) I suspect if it was regulated properly, the last ones standing would be the state subsidised actors. Nobody else is on thick margins.
ColinWright 8y ago
There have been many submissions of this story, some with significant discussion: Lufthansa Sues Hidden City Ticketholder for Throwing His Ticket (cnn.com) 111 comments[0] Lufthansa Sues Passenger Who Missed His Flight – 'Hidden City' Trick (slashdot.org) 10 comments[1] An airline is suing a customer who skipped a leg of his flight to save money (vox.com) 6 comments[2] Lufthansa sues customer for skipping flight (godsavethepoints.com) 2 comments[3] 'Hidden city' travel: airlines are cracking down on a discount trick (theguardian.com) No comments[4] Airline sues passenger for not taking a connection (ctvnews.ca) No comments[5] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19144006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19144006 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19153457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19153457 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19159914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19159914 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19126675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19126675 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19182808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19182808 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19156064 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19156064

1 points by paublyrne 8y ago

I may be misunderstanding but the article seems to be saying airlines are claiming against lost revenue from not being able to resell the seats not used by travellers who skip a leg. This makes no sense. They sell the ticket. Whether the customer uses it or not does not cause the airline to lose money. On a related note I feel like overselling flights should be illegal. You're trying to sell the same thing to two different people, which in another industry would be considered fraud.

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ggm 8y ago
This is an area of light handed regulation. aircraft fitness compliance is far stronger. business practices in selling seats is an almost unregulated area, noting the warsaw concerto (sorry.. warsaw convention) I suspect if it was regulated properly, the last ones standing would be the state subsidised actors. Nobody else is on thick margins.

ColinWright 8y ago

There have been many submissions of this story, some with significant discussion: Lufthansa Sues Hidden City Ticketholder for Throwing His Ticket (cnn.com) 111 comments[0] Lufthansa Sues Passenger Who Missed His Flight – 'Hidden City' Trick (slashdot.org) 10 comments[1] An airline is suing a customer who skipped a leg of his flight to save money (vox.com) 6 comments[2] Lufthansa sues customer for skipping flight (godsavethepoints.com) 2 comments[3] 'Hidden city' travel: airlines are cracking down on a discount trick (theguardian.com) No comments[4] Airline sues passenger for not taking a connection (ctvnews.ca) No comments[5] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19144006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19144006 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19153457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19153457 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19159914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19159914 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19126675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19126675 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19182808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19182808 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19156064 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19156064