Originally Posted by
mgcsinc
You would be wrong, because there is absolutely no deception involved. Last I checked, purchasing a refundable fare doesn't involve making a promise that you're gonna do your darnedest to actually take the flight. Thank god that the law doesn't work the way people on FT seem to think it does.
What else do you buy, consume part of and then refund for all your money back and consider it not theft?
You are correct that buying a refundable ticket in and of itself does not compel one to get on the plane and make that flight. But that's not at all the same thing as what the OP is proposing here.