Originally Posted by justhere
I don't believe that the fraud refers to the "getting past security" part. The fraud that is being referred to, and the resultant injury, is to the airline as it prevents them from selling the same ticket to someone that does intend to use it.
Puh-leeze....the airlines deal with this all the time by overbooking. It's the basic precept of yield management. They know there'll be a certain %age of no-shows.
Injury is the scam the cops were pulling.