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American Airlines Has Just Issued A Warning To Travel Agents About ‘Hidden City’ Tickets
Serial airline leaker JonNYC flags that a memo has gone out from American Airlines to travel agents, available on its SalesLink platform, warning them that the carrier is cracking down on a variety of ticketing techniques, including hidden city ticketing and ‘churning’. (viewfromthewing.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Back in the day, it was cheaper to fly Icelandair round trip from Luxembourg to Baltimore, with a stop off in Keflavik, than just flying directly into Keflavik. Most sales reps, calling on the NATO base such as myself, would book the round trip but not continue on to the US. Now a days, if you missed a segment, they would cancel all remaining legs.
The 'GameStop' Effect
There have been times while traveling for work where I've arrived at the connection city and then have the trip canceled, but I always let the airline know, as fregent on two majors (even now) i doubt either one would risk the loss of business. Another reason to NOT fly AA unless you need to get to Roswell NM, besides the insanity of paying for a STATUS MATCH - Doug ... you've lost your way
That's not really the same thing, though, because you let them know in advance that they could re-sell that seat going out and coming back. Okay, so not very much in advance, but still.
Working the counter at an American regional airport I have seen this fail once on the east coast and once on the west. A passenger bought a ticket to Nassau because it was cheaper than a ticket to Atlanta, and going west another passenger bought a ticket to Vancouver because it was cheaper than a ticket to San Francisco. In both cases they did not have a passport and so could not get through security.
Well that’s just dumb.
If you want to see dumb work at an airport. A favorite is destination weddings someplace romantic. If there are any delays you have to rebook to tomorrow and you miss the wedding.