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Re:United Airlines Threatens to Engage Collections for Passe... by otterley on Monday October 15, 2018 @06:39PM (#18224585)
I'm going to say this one last time.

The false representation is "I intend to fly to city B." That's it. Nothing else. It's not "I intend to use all components of a series of segments that would get me to city B" as you suggest.

You're making the analysis more complicated than it is, and that's why you would fail to persuade a court.

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Re:United Airlines Threatens to Engage Collections for Passe... by sk5t on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @12:40AM (#18226569)
The representation is "I would like to purchase an option to travel towards this destination."
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Re:United Airlines Threatens to Engage Collections for Passe... by otterley on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @09:45AM (#18229296)
Courts apply a “reasonable person” standard when inferring intent from an action. It’s unlikely they’re going to interpret a ticket purchase as an option purchase, particularly since United doesn’t describe their flights as “options” anywhere in their business AFAICT.
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