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Old Apr 16, 2018, 11:35 pm
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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
... is where AAA-BBB-CCC is cheaper than BBB-CCC. And then that leads to Hidden City Ticketing which makes the airlines unhappy.
You've got the last part of that backwards. Hidden city ticketing only plays a part when AAA-BBB-CCC is cheaper than AAA-BBB.

A cheaper BBB-CCC doesn't help, as your ticket is going to be canceled the moment you fail to board AAA.
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