Originally Posted by
ExAAerOnDL
So is it okay to change the pricetag on something in the store if you don't like the price the store is charging? Is it okay to use your a subway card for kids under 18 if you're 52 years old?
Explain to me why it is an airline can't impose conditions of sale by contract and expect you to abide by them? Why are airlines the only companies that should be forced to endure consumer fraud with no recourse?
I just don't understand the moral relativism that allows people to think it's okay to lie to a seller about the underlying facts relevant to the terms of sale. If you did it in any other transaction it'd be clear fraud.
It's ok for an airline to charge a different price for the same seat on the same flight. Their marketing people offer fares, i buy them. Nothing more to it. No morality involved.
Is it amoral to buy a bunch of toothpaste on sale even though i can't use it all until after the sale is over?
Is it amoral to not fly at all because i can't afford to go on a single full price ticket instead of two back to backs? What does that do to the airline revenue?
Is it ok for an airline to keep my fare if I am unable to fly?
There is no way to enforce this and there is no need to. It's neither fraudulent nor immoral to buy available fares. Low price tickets come with lots of restrictions which the flex business flyer cannot abide by and therefore would not purchase.
Save the high moral facade for a better cause.