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To be fair to the guy, he wasn't defrauding the airline. He bought lifetime tickets. Any normally purchased ticket that isn't flown wouldn't be considered defr
by beaker52 7y ago
To be fair to the guy, he wasn't defrauding the airline. He bought lifetime tickets.
Any normally purchased ticket that isn't flown wouldn't be considered defrauding because you associate it with ongoing profit. The fact this guy paid an at-the-time-inflated $250k for a lifetime ticket should entitle him to book his tickets, as a portion of his lifetime ticket. The fact that, in hindsight, the airline is making a loss at this price, whether he flies or not, is not his fault.
- alwayseasy 7y agoAirlines don't sell a seat they sell the transportation between 2 airports (see their T&C's) to an individual. However ff you want an extra seat for extra-room there is a procedure (usually use "XS" as your middle name or ExtraSeat as a first name). He didn't do that, he created fake identities...
- matthewdgreen 7y agoThe question is whether he was advised to do so by the representatives of the airline.
- ordinaryperson 7y agoHe made up fake identities and booked tickets under their names in case someone might want to travel with him. Those empty seats, which most of the time he probably didn't even think would be used, cost the airline real money. Yes, he had the right to reserve an extra seat but doing so under false pretenses is, in fact, fraud. Despite what the estimable Prof. Green says in other comments it doesn't matter what airline employees encouraged him to do: it's up to you to know the terms of your agreement. I am disgusted by the fact that I am actually defending airlines but again, if this guy wanted to preserve his cushy benefit he should have abided by the terms of his agreement.