Originally Posted by
OneGuysStyle
Used a bunch lately to fly some family in for an event. Down to less than 20K (barely a short hop). Beyond that, I don't accumulate them very fast, as close to all of my business travel is less thank 3K miles round trip (which, booked on Tango, only works out to be 500 (non status) miles per round trip. So, 10 round trips and I'm only at 5K miles. I'm hardly a big miles accumulator because of this fact. And, the idea of chipping in cash for Tango Plus isn't quite worth it.
I have no problem morally booking hidden city flights, as I see on a daily basis how much hub residents (YYZ, YVR, etc) get absolutely screwed. Beyond that, if I'm paying them money (and, not adding my weight and the weight of my luggage to the flight) than why shouldn't I do as I please. They're not actually losing a seat - I've paid them for it!!! I just don't want to get a bill in the mail down the road, and I'd prefer not to be banned from Aeroplan. They can have my pitiful number of points though.
If you spend some time looking around FT, you will see that there is a school of thought that the airline is fully entitled to send you a bill for the fare difference since you technically flew a different route. So again, do so at your own risk.
Originally Posted by
Stranger
Sounds nice. Not sure it means anything beyond intimidation though.
They could try. But the risk is that the thing ends up in court where they might well lose. Would they want to take that risk, or would they simply prefer to continue playing the intimidation game. Which at the end of the day is just what this sentence is about.
BTW I once asked my corporate TA if they still would want me as a customer if I were to occasionally drop the last leg on a ticket. They said sure, who cares. (Not that I do it more than a couple of times per year. But I know that AC knows about it.)
(I won't ask you to mention your experience.)
I do realize AP is a separate entity from AC. However, one would also have to question whether a consumer trying to save $1,500 would want to go through the trouble of filing paperwork in court and be subject to all the court procedures.
At the end of the day, it is just a balance of the risk (the possibility of forking out $1,500 fare difference and/or losing AP account) and reward ($1,500 savings per year).
Everyone has a different risk tolerance level, so the OP is the best to answer his/her own question.