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She could have bought the next day round trip ticket (which would still be stupid, but at least not as much). She could have flown to San Diego and drove over (and flew local airlines to some rural spot, preferably in a country with no extradition treaty). This is pretty ridiculous.
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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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 …)
For one-way markets what you have is true. For round-trip markets, typically internationally, what you have is not. 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 (!).
They do indeed, including trip change fees. For myself, I luckily got an agent who was nice enough to ignore what I had told her.
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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.
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?
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.
This falls into the category of “cheap and dumb criminals.” Similar to the first World Trade Center bombers that tried to get their deposit back on the rental truck they blew up.
"Two of these pieces bore a vehicle identification number (VIN) that the FBI traced to a rental agency in Jersey City, N.J. The man who rented the truck, Mohammed Salameh, had reported it stolen.
Seeking a refund of his $400 deposit, Salameh repeatedly returned to the Jersey City rental agency where he rented the Ryder van. Working with the rental office personnel, FBI agents arrested Salameh." [0]
So, yes, it really did happen. At least he reported it stolen first. I cannot believe that did not eliminate him as a suspect as that was such a well thought out alibi. Besides, how much was that $400 refund in comparison to the money that Osama surely must have paid him to carry out the deed.
[0]https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/1993-world-trade-ce...
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> Pro tip: Always buy a round-trip ticket when you plan to flee fraud. It looks better in court 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.
I challenge you to find a roundtrip ticket from anywhere to anywhere that is cheaper than the one way.
Round-trip: $800
One-way: $2000 (or $4k for two one-ways to make up a round-trip)
I don’t know why anyone would ever book a one-way. It’s insanity.
It’s a real pain, and makes it harder to create your own open-jaw when the airline doesn’t serve all 3 cities.
What ends up happening is I book through other airlines entirely that don’t pull these shenanigans.
As the article notes, US and Mex have bilateral extradition so it’s doubtful she intended to stay there to escape prison. She was likely going on to another country after that.
Wouldn't it be easier to charter a boat from Puerto Rico to Venezuela?
Who in their right mind enters a flight manifest, let alone an international one, as a high profile wanted person.
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> Pro tip: Always buy a round-trip ticket when you plan to flee fraud. It looks better in court 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.
I challenge you to find a roundtrip ticket from anywhere to anywhere that is cheaper than the one way.
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> Pro tip: Always buy a round-trip ticket when you plan to flee fraud. It looks better in court 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.
I challenge you to find a roundtrip ticket from anywhere to anywhere that is cheaper than the one way.