Originally Posted by
DreAAmliner
I think we can all agree that, at a traveler level, the status quo for skiplagging is sufficient, in that, go ahead, but accept the consequences should an airline decide to apply them.
The major question at hand is weather a company's revenue model should be allowed to be that of helping others to explicitly violate the terms and conditions of another company. I think it is fair for AA to feel harmed and to file this lawsuit.
My gut feeling is that AA will win and be awarded some amount of damages.
digging around their site, they mention a "booking partner" company to book flights they show customers. I'd think it'd be easy if I was AA to figure out which company that is, and just not honor any tickets bought from that agency credentials, under suspicion of fraud/conditions of carriage rules that travel agencies have to adhere to when selling. for people who book directly with an airline, what possible reason would they pay a 3rd party like skiplagged to book what they can book themselves with no fee?a
This is a business without much of a future.