Trips are on United.
Originally Posted by
Catbert10
Originally Posted by
FlyGirl001
I can book two round trips for a cheaper price then two one ways.
aaa-bbb-aaa, bbb-aaa-bbb is cheaper than aaa-bbb, bbb-aaa. I can book the roundtrips such that the first roundtrip ends before the second roundtrip ends. Is this illegal?
I'm trying to figure out what you're trying to accomplish but to me it looks like throw-away ticketing in that you don't intend to fly the return legs of either ticket.
In other words, if you fly both legs of each ticket, you will be back in aaa on 1/7/2018 and then leaving from bbb on 1/14/2018. Is it your intention to fly aaa-bbb on 1/1 and then fly bbb-aaa on 1/14? And a round trip aaa-bbb-aaa on those two dates is also more expensive than the two round trip tickets? It seems like there's something I'm not getting here.
I don't know exactly when I will be flying back. Just in this example, not on 1/14. Right now if I book two one ways the price is >$11,000. Two round tickets <$7,000. There is the chance that the round trip might increase more than $4,000 and I would lose money.
That is hidden city ticketing.
Throw away ticketing is not using the return portion of a round trip.
Not just the return flight?
Originally Posted by
LondonElite
To cut it short, do this twenty times or so and you should expect a phone call or email notification that you FF account is closed with all miles gone. Whether it's nested tickets, throwaway ticketing, end on end, or hidden city, you'll eventually get found out if it's a regular event. You're not the first bright spark.
More like a half dozen times over a year.
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Over the years I have ate the return flight and purchased another round trip because this is a frequent (not 20 times a year). Sometimes I would buy a one way. My upcoming travel looks like I could save the lease payment on my Lexus if I bought two round trips.
For this reason I was wondering about the 'legality' of these bookings. In particular the one I quote above. Also if I didn't book the return round trip until I canceled the original.