Originally Posted by
fdcg27
I'm not too concerned about the heads I win tails you lose contract of carriage, where even cancelled flights don't bring the traveler a refund of the fare paid for a service not delivered.
Other than an airline going out of business I've never heard of this happening. Even in those rare cases some refunds are made and/or other airlines offer discounted fares to get stranded passengers home.
Originally Posted by
fdcg27
You're right, in that having given exposure to the practice will only encourage more travelers to look for and find hidden city deals, as long as they can travel with carry-on bags only.
Could this be the reason that many carriers now deliver gate checked bags only at the baggage claim at final ticketed destination?
It only really works on one way tickets, or two tickets each with a hidden city. I doubt this would be the main reason for bag-check to destination, but it certainly doesn't hurt them to do so.
Originally Posted by
fdcg27
Having paid exhorbitant fares on some flights, I wouldn't feel too badly about taking advantage of a hidden city ticket deal.
So you are saying it is OK to cheat the airline out of their published fares because you don't like them, or consider them exhorbitant? Try that in a shop.