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

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

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Post by bloodyplonker22 »

scotty79 wrote: post #5
rockostrich wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might be banned from flying that airline again if you don't get on the flight back without letting them know with a valid reason. Of course that's probably the least of your worries if you're fleeing your own country because of fraud.

Seriously? That's Orwellian.

Airlines also do it to prevent people from "gaming" the system. People buy multi leg tickets and miss parts of the flights purposely in order to get higher airline status and points, or just to get to one city cheaper. Sometimes, they take roundtrip flights on the same day back and forth to gain points and airline flyer club status.

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

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Post by havblue »

hef19898 wrote: post #9
rockostrich wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might be banned from flying that airline again if you don't get on the flight back without letting them know with a valid reason. Of course that's probably the least of your worries if you're fleeing your own country because of fraud.

You don't travel much, do you? Worst case, you loose the money spend on the ticket and you have to buy a new one. Unless, of course, you planned for a pretty long vacation anyway.

You do have to worry if you have to miss the first leg of a trip for some reason. They'll void the second leg as well if you don't call to straighten everything out.

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

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Post by dangerboysteve »

rockostrich wrote: post #4
sys32768 wrote: post #3

Pro tip: Always buy a round-trip ticket when you plan to flee fraud. It looks better in court and in newspapers, and nobody will force you to take the trip back.

You might be banned from flying that airline again if you don't get on the flight back without letting them know with a valid reason. Of course that's probably the least of your worries if you're fleeing your own country because of fraud.

Airplane seats are oversold, so airlines don't care.

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

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Post by annoyingnoob »

> Holmes’ partner, William Evans, also bought a one-way ticket “and did not return until approximately six weeks later, returning from a different continent,” prosecutors said.

Did she buy the ticket herself or did someone book a trip and buy tickets for her/in her name?

I don't support her but I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. The one ticket sounds bad, but a series of tickets with eventual return does not.

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

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Post by readthenotes1 »

annoyingnoob wrote: post #14

> Holmes’ partner, William Evans, also bought a one-way ticket “and did not return until approximately six weeks later, returning from a different continent,” prosecutors said. Did she buy the ticket herself or did someone book a trip and buy tickets for her/in her name? I don't support her but I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. The one ticket sounds bad, but a series of tickets with eventual return do…

"willing to give her the benefit of the doubt"

That was her business model wasn't it?

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

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Post by jaywalk »

havblue wrote: post #12
hef19898 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't travel much, do you? Worst case, you loose the money spend on the ticket and you have to buy a new one. Unless, of course, you planned for a pretty long vacation anyway.

You do have to worry if you have to miss the first leg of a trip for some reason. They'll void the second leg as well if you don't call to straighten everything out.

Well if you miss the first leg, it'll be pretty difficult to use subsequent legs anyway.

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

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Post by doctor_eval »

bloodyplonker22 wrote: post #11
scotty79 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously? That's Orwellian.

Airlines also do it to prevent people from "gaming" the system. People buy multi leg tickets and miss parts of the flights purposely in order to get higher airline status and points, or just to get to one city cheaper. Sometimes, they take roundtrip flights on the same day back and forth to gain points and airline flyer club status.

I used to take same day round trip flights all the time. Isn’t it normal for business travel? I could leave home at 7am, fly to stinky Sydney, meet my customers, and be home again by 7pm.

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

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Post by jaywalk »

NickNameNick wrote: post #8
rockostrich wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might be banned from flying that airline again if you don't get on the flight back without letting them know with a valid reason. Of course that's probably the least of your worries if you're fleeing your own country because of fraud.

I think that's more of an issue with 'hidden city ticketing'/deliberately missing connections, because it's cheaper than buying a ticket to the layover location.

Yeah, airlines don't like that at all. Doing it once is highly unlikely to result in any action, but you're playing with fire either way.

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

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Post by uh_uh »

jobs_throwaway wrote: post #6
rockostrich wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might be banned from flying that airline again if you don't get on the flight back without letting them know with a valid reason. Of course that's probably the least of your worries if you're fleeing your own country because of fraud.

People miss flights all the time. You have to get really unlucky for a one-off flight miss to result in a ban

If anything, wouldn't airlines be happy if you already paid for the flight and miss it? Especially if they overbook.
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