Major airline faces backlash after using ‘ghost flights’ to exploit a legal loophole: ‘They weren’t even selling tickets’::Ultimately, it’s incumbent on lawmakers to take steps to ensure this practice is discouraged.

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Correct. “In trouble” depends on your definition though. They ban ot because they give discounts for common destinations but they don’t like it if you take advantage of the discount to fly to some less popular destination as a layover that would typically cost more if booked directly.

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      1 year ago

      How can they even find out? You just go down with the other people who paid the direct trip there. Do they keep track somehow?

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        1 year ago

        They know who’s aboard the plane and aboard any connecting flights. Not sure if they’d be able to tell if it was one where you stay on the same plane the whole time, but those aren’t as common IME.