Originally Posted by
theflyingguyblog
I've looked around a bit online, and found a few threads on this topics. It seems to me that the general consensus was a no in almost any scenario. The main reason I found was that since airlines are only designated to fly the planned route, they therefore can't let passengers use a diversion city as their final destination.
This doesn't sound right. "Designated" by whom? Since airline deregulation, the only official route "designation" that occurs is for international flights under a restrictive bilateral, like US-China, and even then I don't think that a one-off, non-scheduled stop is an issue. And as a practical matter, while an airline can keep you on their plane within certain limitations, once you are allowed to get off the plane, the airline can't force you to get back on. It's not as if the cops are going to drag you back to your seat for the final leg.