Elizabeth Holmes bought one-way ticket to Mexico after convicted of fraud

Re:Elizabeth Holmes bought one-way ticket to Mexico after co... by logifail on Friday January 20, 2023 @05:06PM (#34460697)

It does depend on what kind of ticket you're travelling on, and what restrictions apply to it.

Full disclosure: I have a bit of a history of flying on what some call "mistake fares". Back in 2013 I flew "from Europe to Hong Kong and back", except it was routed via Australia(!) both on the inbound and the outbound. Was convinced I was going to be denied boarding at every single stop on the itinerary ...

I was also younger and fitter then :)

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes bought one-way ticket to Mexico after co... by rsj_hn on Friday January 20, 2023 @05:38PM (#34461093)

But were you actually denied boarding, or just worried about it? The restrictions may affect what kind of credit you get for missing a flight, but you will never be banned from flying the airline - that's absurd.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes bought one-way ticket to Mexico after co... by logifail on Friday January 20, 2023 @05:46PM (#34461174)

Airlines don't have to honour mistake fares, and this was definitely one of those. FWIW, I got away with it.

If you miss a flight and the airline determines you booked it (typically as a return or hidden city leg) without ever intending to fly it, they will very definitely try to make life difficult for you.

Try short-checking a bag to LON on a NYC-LON-Europe booking with AA or BA, they will refuse. They're worried you booked to Europe for a lower price but intended all along to leave in LON.

There are ways round this "rule", too. If you know what you're doing.

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