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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...
But if you’re her child 12 or so years from now, what is it going to look like that you were conceived under such circumstances?
A woman, all women, absolutely ought to have the right to choose when and if they become pregnant. Even women who are charged with crimes. But if you’re her child 12 or so years from now, what is it going to look like that you were conceived under such circumstances?
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But they do pay for the return journey they didn't make, right? So where's the gain?
Internationally it is common for a roundtrip to be cheaper than a one-way. No, not cheaper than two one-ways. Cheaper than one one-way.
> [T]his was a reservation that was made before the verdict. The hope was that the verdict would be different and Ms. Holmes would be able to make this trip to attend the wedding of close friends in Mexico. Given the verdict, she does not plan to take the trip — and therefore did not provide notice, seek permission, or request access to her passport (which the government has) for the trip. But she also had not yet cancelled the trip, amidst everything that has been going on. We will have her do so promptly and will provide you confirmation of that tomorrow.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.32...
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.
Another pro tip: round-trip tickets are often cheaper than one-way tickets, even if you don't plan to return!
The "return" can be a long, long way in the future, too.
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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.
Yeah I don't think anybody would ever get on your case about tight turns that were possible. The problem only occurs when you book flights with segments that directly conflict with each other. Or depart within minutes of each other despite their origins being thousands of miles apart.
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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 …)
E.g. LAX-NRT on 3/2 on UA 32 is $966 right now. Add a return flight on 3/9 and the flight _drops_ to $893.
I'd be surprised any airline gave you flak for telling them you were missing a segment. They might try to charge you more (!).
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.
I'm going to go ahead and guess that any international travel plans – whether round trip or not – made by a convicted felon awaiting sentencing is going to raise flags and will be blocked by the government.