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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 AnEro »

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…

At this point does it matter that we are left with the assumption that the 'I'm not worried I'm too pretty go to jail' (paraphrasing) dude also tried to flee conviction

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

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Post by ceejayoz »

jaywalk wrote: post #17
havblue wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

No, people used to do this a lot deliberately because of airline pricing oddities.

You'd book from your home airport --> your destination --> Tiny Airport X, then skip the second flight, because the price would often be much cheaper that way.

Called "skiplagging": https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190226-the-travel-tri...

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

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Post by scotty79 »

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.

But they do pay for the return journey they didn't make, right? So where's the gain?

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

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Post by SilasX »

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.

Right. It’s an issue when you buy a ticket from A to C with an A-B and B-C leg, and you get off in B. The ticket might be cheaper (than A-B) because the airline is competing with a direct A-C flight.

But if it’s just A-B and B-A and you don’t take the return flight, no one cares. (I’ve even gotten flack for notifying the airline as a courtesy…)

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

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Post by [deleted] »

uh_uh wrote: post #20
jobs_throwaway wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

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Post by gpt5 »

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.

This is because sometimes the airliner sell a flight connecting through your departure airport for less than a flight departing from it.

Let's say you want to fly from Vegas to New york, it might be cheaper to buy SFO to new york, and hop on the Vegas->Mew York leg. They essentially make this option less viable, and can price each market differently.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

uh_uh wrote: post #20
jobs_throwaway wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

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Post by ceejayoz »

uh_uh wrote: post #20
jobs_throwaway wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Not when you're abusing a pricing quirk to drastically reduce your flight's price.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190226-the-travel-tri...

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

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Post by ceejayoz »

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…

> I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Why would you be inclined to give a convicted fraudster the benefit of the doubt?

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

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Post by notatoad »

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.

sure, but once you're in mexico it's just a quick courtesy call to the airline to let them know you're an international fugitive from justice and won't be able to catch your return flight.
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