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Old Apr 28, 2018, 9:47 am
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Sixth Freedom
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Originally Posted by newyorklondon
Hypothetically, what would happen if you added a 'fake' infant-in-arms passenger, qualifying everyone in the party to free advance seat assignment at the time of booking, only to turn up at the airport without the infant?

Depending on the size of the party, and the 10% infant-in-arms fare, it might prove quite a saving (and possibly get you banned by the airline)!
A clever and entertaining idea! I cannot see why it would not work. Is it technically fraud though?

Originally Posted by Often1
But, your free seat assignments will most likely be returned to the pool and you will be assigned seats from the leftovers. Depending on the aircraft and its load, these are likely to be, at that point the least desireable seats available.
Through what mechanism would this happen? Surely the passengers would present themselves for travel with assignments for 15DEFG and the agent would just print boarding cards for those seats?

Originally Posted by Can I help you
Hopefully you will be caught out for being dishonest!
Does the board think it is more dishonest, less dishonest or the same degree of dishonest as flying ex-EU and then ditching the last sector?
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