Originally Posted by
Often1
There is no way that anybody on FT can advise you as to the risk going forward. Now that we know that BA has an entire team dedicated to ferreting out hidden city fraud, what has worked in the past may or may not work going forward.
The OP asks a question, and the best way for them to decide whether to do it or not is to read the opinion of a selection of well travelled insiders well-versed into the practice.
'Fraud' is a bit of a strong word for what amounts at most to a minor breach of contract. Hidden city ticketing is a small way for a customer to rebalance such contract. And it is only available to a minority that has the time to do the positioning flight...