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Old Oct 7, 2010, 12:57 pm
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rob_flies_ua
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: SFO
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I was perusing the August 19, 2010 version of the contract of carriage and noticed that hidden city ticketing is now explicitly prohibited:
http://content.united.com/ual/asset/COC19aug10final.pdf
FARES APPLY FOR TRAVEL ONLY BETWEEN THE POINTS FOR WHICH THEY
ARE PUBLISHED. TICKETS MAY NOT BE PURCHASED AND USED AT FARE(S) FROM AN
INITIAL DEPARTURE POINT ON THE TICKET WHICH IS BEFORE THE PASSENGER’S
ACTUAL POINT OF ORIGIN OF TRAVEL, OR TO A MORE DISTANT POINT(S) THAN
THE PASSENGER’S ACTUAL DESTINATION BEING TRAVELED EVEN WHEN THE
PURCHASE AND USE OF SUCH TICKETS WOULD PRODUCE A LOWER FARE. THIS
PRACTICE IS KNOWN AS “HIDDEN CITIES TICKETING” OR “POINT BEYOND
TICKETING” AND IS PROHIBITED BY UA.
Page 14, Tickets, section C.1

And UA now explicitly allows deleting miles from the FF account or revoking elite status.
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