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Consumers find a way to save money and are bad. Companies find a way and they act like heroes.

Lufthansa is flagging you a no-show and cancels your return flight without warning or reimbursement. I didn’t like them before, but after doing that I will never set a foot in one of their planes.

I had a international flight with the last leg being a bus ride from Munich to Nuremberg after a 7 hour layover. I opted to take the train that got me there considerably quicker.

On the morning of my return flight when I was about to check in the lady at the counter told me my booking is non existing. That fun trick by Lufthansa cost me 600€ extra.

But I know that is just a little price compared to the emotional damage that poor little company was caused by me…

So basically, they are abusing customers by making them pay more for shorter distance just because they know they can, and when customers try to work around those abuses, the airliners sue them. If this is not a clear cut case for regulation, I don't know what this is (then again, I'm a european :P ).

I'd never heard of skiplagging before but I'm really struggling to see what the problem is. From how the article describes it, a traveller buys a ticket and pays the full requested price, but simply opts not to travel one leg that they'd already paid for. The full price was paid either way, but now the airline saves money on fuel by carrying less weight. Where exactly are they claiming they lose money? Just because someone chose a cheaper flight? Utter bullshit.

“Stop abusing us, when we are abusing you!”

Meanwhile, it’s totally acceptable for airlines to overbook flights and bump passengers…

If you've paid the agreed price, any revenue loss is their fault. Corporations can go fuck themselves. Fuck them and their "private profit, socialised loss" fucking attitude. They fucked up and they know it.

It will be good to get a judgement in the books about this. Either you pay for a ticket and get a service or you dont. It's not the customers responsibility to ensure they pay the maximum possible price.

If a court decides you can't leave the airport at a layover because the airline would lose money... That would be a very interesting addition to contract law.

Big Corporations whining when somebody exploits them, but every second big corpos exploit society and politics. It is an Illusion that we the people have the same rights.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Instead of booking a direct flight to a desired location, customers in America are purchasing multi-stop fares with a stopover in the place they intend to go, forgoing the final leg of their journey.

Businesses argue the practice amounts to fraud because customers are purchasing flights they don't intend to travel on, while skiplaggers believe they are simply exploiting a loophole in ticket pricing.

The plan was for the teen to get off the plane in Charlotte where he lives, his father told local television station Queen City News, but before he could board his flight, he was stopped by gate agents and taken to a room.

Over the years, airlines have tried suing to claw back what they say are financial losses caused by skiplagging, either by targeting individuals or sites that facilitate the practice, but making their case in court has proven tricky.

"This practice violates our fare rules and we are taking action to stop it to help protect the vast majority of customers who buy legitimate tickets," the airline said at the time.

Hidden city sites in the US offer guidance to passengers on how to avoid getting caught, including not linking frequent flyer points when booking and only using carry-on baggage, a possible deterrent to customers using Australian airlines, which tend to crack down on cabin bags, Mr Chamberlin says.

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It’s the term „Skiplegging“ bc you skip a leg of the trip?