Originally Posted by
simpletastes
Yes, this is what the airlines want, but why should we care? We are not here to help the airlines price fares correctly or to balance their supply and demand. If they can play the game, so should we. When we buy a ticket, we do not owe "honesty" of our travel intentions to anyone.
Well IMO we should. When you buy a ticket from A-C your price is determined on that basis. To then go to B just because your route takes you through B means you bought an A-B ticket by deception. I know there are a lot of people who don't give a rat's rear-end about whether they are being honest or not and that is your choice, but if you buy tickets by deception then I believe that the airline should have every right to recover their losses and possibly ban the perpetrators for repeated abuse with consequential loss of club status and benefits etc
Just saying...