Originally Posted by
Colin
no, no, and no.
not flying the return segment will not be caught, even doing it several times a year.
you are not doing a favor to anyone by cancelling a segment you don't intend to fly.
this is why AA overbooks.
and cancelling jeopardizes your ability to get a refund if there is a delay.
there is no reason to go out of your way to any AA flight in the future.
AA has not, at least anecdotally
here, gone after skiplaggers. But as mentioned previously, with link, Lufthansa has begun acting against skiplaggers and BA has announced they will do so.
And below JonNYC states clearly they do.
So, IMO, the risk is
currently minimal, but that doesn’t mean that’s a static condition.