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Legality of not using return portion of airline tickets?
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VS wrote: Which one of *us*? Just read the damn contract. It says pretty explicitly what you may and may not do. Actually, it says contradictory things, depending on what part you are reading. IANAL, but if an attempt were made to enforce the "must fly both segments" clause, I believe it would be ruled unenforceable. That's a different result from the anti-back-to-back-ticketing cases, because in those cases the airline is recovering what it asserts is a mispricing due to the agent's misrepresentation of the customer's travel plans. If the airline doesn't back down, and brings the case to court, it will cost both the airline and the customer far more in legal expenses and lost time than the ticket is worth, so it is unlikely to ever be ruled on by a court. Legal cost is the implicit threat the airlines have generally used. But so far, the airline, rather than risk having a court actually rule against them, has always backed down. -- Randy Hudson |
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Legality of not using return portion of airline tickets?
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Randy Hudson wrote: Just read the damn contract. It says pretty explicitly what you may and may not do. Actually, it says contradictory things, depending on what part you are reading. I am reading the part that says ``American specifically prohibits the practices commonly known as: [...] Throwaway Ticketing: The usage of roundtrip excursion fare for one-way travel'' (American Airlines' CoC) ``The purchase and use of round-trip Tickets for the purpose of one-way travel, known as 'Throwaway Ticketing' is prohibited by CO'' (Continental Airlines' CoC) Which part of ``prohibited'' do you find contradictory? That's a different result from the anti-back-to-back-ticketing cases, because in those cases the airline is recovering what it asserts is a mispricing due to the agent's misrepresentation of the customer's travel plans. Just like back-to-back ticketing, throwaway ticketing is a misrepresentation of travel plans: the agent says that the customer will travel roundtrip, but the customer only intends to travel one-way. BTW, all back-to-back cases I've heard of involved airlines (allegedly) charging travel agencies via debit memos, not suing them in court. |
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Legality of not using return portion of airline tickets?
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BTW, all back-to-back cases I've heard of involved airlines (allegedly) charging travel agencies via debit memos, not suing them in court. And, contractually, it would then be up to the agency whether to fight to get the money back. This is quite a bit different when you buy the ticket directly from the carrier, as that agreement doesn't give them the right to charge you credit card. |
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Legality of "mrtravel"...?
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-- Best Greg mrtravel wrote: VS wrote: BTW, all back-to-back cases I've heard of involved airlines (allegedly) charging travel agencies via debit memos, not suing them in court. And, contractually, it would then be up to the agency whether to fight to get the money back. This is quite a bit different when you buy the ticket directly from the carrier, as that agreement doesn't give them the right to charge you credit card. |
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