Legality of not using return portion of airline tickets?

In article ,
VS wrote:

Which one of *us*? Just read the damn contract. It says pretty
explicitly what you may and may not do.

Actually, it says contradictory things, depending on what part you are
reading. IANAL, but if an attempt were made to enforce the "must fly both
segments" clause, I believe it would be ruled unenforceable.

That's a different result from the anti-back-to-back-ticketing cases,
because in those cases the airline is recovering what it asserts is a
mispricing due to the agent's misrepresentation of the customer's travel
plans.

If the airline doesn't back down, and brings the case to court, it will cost
both the airline and the customer far more in legal expenses and lost time
than the ticket is worth, so it is unlikely to ever be ruled on by a court.
Legal cost is the implicit threat the airlines have generally used. But so
far, the airline, rather than risk having a court actually rule against
them, has always backed down.

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Randy Hudson

In article ,
Randy Hudson wrote:

Just read the damn contract. It says pretty
explicitly what you may and may not do.

Actually, it says contradictory things, depending on what part you are
reading.

I am reading the part that says

``American specifically prohibits the practices commonly known as:
[...] Throwaway Ticketing: The usage of roundtrip excursion fare for
one-way travel'' (American Airlines' CoC)

``The purchase and use of round-trip Tickets for the purpose of one-way
travel, known as 'Throwaway Ticketing' is prohibited by CO''
(Continental Airlines' CoC)

Which part of ``prohibited'' do you find contradictory?

That's a different result from the anti-back-to-back-ticketing cases,
because in those cases the airline is recovering what it asserts is a
mispricing due to the agent's misrepresentation of the customer's travel
plans.

Just like back-to-back ticketing, throwaway ticketing is a
misrepresentation of travel plans: the agent says that the customer
will travel roundtrip, but the customer only intends to travel one-way.

BTW, all back-to-back cases I've heard of involved airlines (allegedly)
charging travel agencies via debit memos, not suing them in court.

VS wrote:

BTW, all back-to-back cases I've heard of involved airlines (allegedly)
charging travel agencies via debit memos, not suing them in court.


And, contractually, it would then be up to the agency whether to fight
to get the money back. This is quite a bit different when you buy the
ticket directly from the carrier, as that agreement doesn't give them
the right to charge you credit card.

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Best
Greg


mrtravel wrote:
VS wrote:

BTW, all back-to-back cases I've heard of involved airlines (allegedly)
charging travel agencies via debit memos, not suing them in court.


And, contractually, it would then be up to the agency whether to fight
to get the money back. This is quite a bit different when you buy the
ticket directly from the carrier, as that agreement doesn't give them
the right to charge you credit card.