Originally Posted by
MarkOK
People miss flights all the time and these airports are so close that are they really different destinations anyways?
If they weren't different destinations, there wouldn't be two different prices for airfare involving CLT and CAE. It's pretty obvious OP is trying to save a buck and engage in hidden city ticketing from their post. AA probably isn't going to hound them to the ends of the earth over it, the same way you probably are going to get away with speeding or any other number of ways you can game the system (abusing store refund policies, or what have you), but let's call a spade a spade.
That being said... don't check luggage if you want to do this. Really.