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Just tried it myself with SEA to MSP (hopping off on a SEA->MSP->DFW route) on July 15th. Direct flight is $230, hop-off route is $150 on exactly the same Delta
by sp_ 15y ago
Just tried it myself with SEA to MSP (hopping off on a SEA->MSP->DFW route) on July 15th. Direct flight is $230, hop-off route is $150 on exactly the same Delta plane.
Now the thing is, if I book SEA->MSP->DFW for Friday and MSP->SEA for Sunday I don't see how Delta could not notice this and block me from flying because of abusing this system.
Actually, I have done something like this before. When I moved from Europe to the US I booked a return ticket because it was 500 Euro cheaper than going one way, knowing fully well that I would never be on that return flight.
- tptacek 15y agoThis is really just a variant of the back-to-back ticket trick, which the airlines already have some countermeasures for. In particular: when you don't get on the MSP->DFW leg, any other ticket you had on the same itinerary gets cancelled. When you show up for your 1W MSP->SEA, they may ask you (annoyed) questions. I used to do back-to-backs (I had to fly DTW->LGA a lot) and they did hassle me about it. You obviously will have trouble checking baggage doing this, too.