Originally Posted by
Flying Lawyer
You fail to understand that there is nothing wrong in the booking a ticket and using the last leg and certainly neither asking for money nor "simply "banning" an individual" is legal. You further fail to understand that airlines in Germany have a legal obligation to carry you as a passenger. Again: We are in a civilized system.
I think you are too idealistic.
Fraud is not ok in Germany nor in whole semi-socialistic EU.
Heavily discounted ticket comes with obligations (on current case to fly certain route). There is no law and never will be that somebody have "rights" for cheap ticket.
If you want special priced and conditioned ticket you need to accept conditions. If you do not and try to cheat you need to be punished (it is absolutely normal to force person pay difference on between ticket he/she bought and ticket valid for the route he/she took finally).
On this case I (even as a passenger) am fully on the side of Lufthansa.
To ban somebody --it is more than easy -- as soon that person enter his/her details, the ultra-cheap price become no more available.
nice and easy and all the EU courts remain silent. As they should remain on such case.
For some strange reason some people think that not following agreement (pax got cheap fare with special conditions) is ok.
No, in civilized word it is not.
If some want flexible ticket -- go to purchase it!
And not try to make free of charge flexible much cheaper ticket what was offered only with certain and very tight conditions.